The question seems not to be whether or not you want spam but in what form you'd prefer it: as people, including those in telecom companies, get savvier about robocalls, spammers are increasingly turning to text messages instead, said MarketWatch. 

In June the largest telecommunications companies implemented a new technological standard called STIR/SHAKEN, a common digital language that significantly cuts down on the number of robocalls by, among other things, strengthening procedures to fight spoofed phone numbers.

MarketWatch said that this new standard has been effective in cutting down on robocalls, frustrating spammers and scammers who had previously relied on it for their myriad schemes. Much as water will flow around barriers and seek the point of least resistance, though, they have adapted by increasing the number of shady text messages instead. Spam texts have increased by 8 percent since the new standard went into effect; it is projected that, by the end of this year, the total annual volume will have increased 55 percent versus 2020. 

People who receive such texts are advised to never respond, never ever ever ever click the supplied links, and to forward sketchy texts to the FCC at 7726 (SPAM).