I've been thinking about it: certainly most of the numbers in my contacts list are probably invalid by now. But there's definitely a delta of finality to going "oh there's like 10 people I will ever call and that number is only going to go down... "
I don't connect google to my phone anymore, so at least they don't pollute any data elsewhere
FOMO? That odd chance you may need that contact.
Last time I tried I couldn't find a way to bulk delete contacts. I had to delete them all one by one. I couldn't stand how tedious it was and gave up. I don't feel any kind of sentimentality towards these contacts, given most of these people I haven't spoken to in nearly 15 years
I don't connect google to my phone anymore, so at least they don't pollute any data elsewhere