[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

iOS (iPhone) does not have an "auto-trash" feature, except for "2-Factor Verification Codes" via Messenger, which also has an option to delete texts after a certain time period (wanted or unwanted).

Any other "auto-trash" is App specific..

As for Email Spam, that is regulated by the Federal Can-Spam Act.

CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business | Federal Trade Commission

Essentially, emailers are required to provide either "One Click" or "Two Click" methods for opting out of spam mail, depending on their volume of emails. Experian Consumer Services was fined $650,000 for violations, last August.

Text are whole other matter and primarily regulated by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991. Back in 2017, DISH Network was ordered to pay $280M in fines for violation of TCPA.

Well, I don't know if it is called "auto-trash," but 99% of emails I get that are junk, magically end up in a file called "Trash" that I did not set up. They do not end up in my "Inbox" and I never see them. That's on both my iPhone and my MacBook. If I am using the inherent Apple email client on the MacBook, there is often a button at the top of the email (a menu bar popup) that says something along the lines of "This message is from a mailing list. Unsubscribe?" with a button to click on that says 'Unsubscribe." It's awesome!

IDKADGAF about the various Consumer Protection Acts or what DISH was ordered to pay. All I know is that the Apple ecosystem works wonderfully to keep junk crap out of my inboxes and I am grateful to them for that and their phenomenal lack of viruses and other crapware that PCs seem to get added onto them even when they are new out of the box. YMMV. Well worth the extra cost of Apple's products to enjoy an experience that is smooth and trouble free web surfing, data backing-up, internet using, and email / texting for many years instead of the crapware-laden bloated $300 Dell cheapie that gets so bogged down with blue screens of death and 30 minutes update cycles that one wants to throw it at the wall and replace it every year or two.

"Buy once, cry once" as my old man used to say. Quality costs more upfront but is cheaper in the long run.