I agree. Luckily the iOS 18 one is a little better.

Is it still paid? According to this article, it looks like all we need to do is turn on the feature in Settings > Discussion.

Exactly. I don’t get them as often as daily, but I have gotten a bunch. I just mark them as spam and move on with my life. Not only would I never sell my hard work to a shady company, but I’d also never willfully harm my user base. It’s like scam calls I suppose. To me, routine scam calls are blatantly obvious, but since I still get them so frequently, they must be fooling some people.