All of the magic of the 1-900 numbers of the 80s and 90s with zero of the regulation. What could possibly go wrong?

btw, https://www.santasmagicaltelephone.com/privacy goes to a 404. Amusing.

They better not have used Grok under-the-hood, Santa might ask the kid to call him Hitler.

So he should just eat the cost that will add up over time, which is an unsustainable business model? Plenty of people buy subscription-based services, so I think 'everyone hates' means you actually hate it.

It's a great product that you can just ignore and not buy and the subscription model is told to you up-front, so there are no surprises.

I think it's a great use of 2025 technology.

> So he should just eat the cost that will add up over time, which is an unsustainable business model?

No, I think he should just not have built this product. However, this is my personal feeling and it seems there is some kind of market for it, so what do I know.

It's literally time-based e-waste. It's a bad product.

It’s an unsustainable product. Period.