[NOTE: This and other posts were originally part of another discussion on Major changes coming in OS 26. This split thread was created the morning of June 25, 2025.]
OK, I did NOT intend to derail this discussion, so here are my last comments on the Recents list one-tap-dial issue:
I feel it is an example of Apple not adhering to its own design. Find any other scenario/screen in the iOS or iPacOS that instantly dials a number when touched. The default anywhere else is to ask confirmation, except in (Phone) Favorites. Even in Recents itself, results of a SEARCH do not instantly dial the number but instead show a modified contact with the date/time of the tapped call.
None of this changes the fact that it is poor design to make a frequently used feature which easily initiates potentially unwanted phone calls with out a confirmation… on a small pocket device with a touch screen.
Perhaps we should have a lock-screen feature that takes a photo and randomly sends it to one of the last 50 text messages you received. 
OK… back to the shiny new xOS 26.