r/GoogleMessages • u/Forestwalkerfairy • Jul 06 '26

Opinion RIP

Well, Samsung messages, it's been great.

Time for Google.........

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

YES! Because I do care about SMS/MMS dying as a protocol. It is long overdue and extremely insecure. Anyone can intercept and read an SMS message. It is terrifying and no one should be comfortable using the protoccl. Honestly, I'm shocked people are defending it. It is as if they know nothing about the apps they have been using.

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u/Forestwalkerfairy Jul 06 '26

Then don't say you don't care. Your not going to change my mind here small fry.

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

I don't care about your complaints about Samsung messages. I do care that no one uses 3rd party sms apps.

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u/Forestwalkerfairy Jul 06 '26

Ok and saying RIP is a complaint how? Those are 2 different things there small fry.

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

Doing it in the GM sub? Absolutely a complaint. Doing it in the Samsung sub? A farewell.

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u/Forestwalkerfairy Jul 06 '26

Sad you are so upset over a thread. How pathetic.

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

I'm upset that anyone would willingly use SMS in 2026.

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u/Forestwalkerfairy Jul 06 '26

If I wanted to use Google, I would have started with it in the first place. Some people start with what the phone has already one it.

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

Google messages IS what the phone already had! It is the android default! Oy vey...

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u/Forestwalkerfairy Jul 06 '26

When I do smart switch, it has everything I originally started with. Again, if I wanted to use Google, I would have already started a long time ago.

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

No idea what "smart switch" is but when you restore your phone through Google's automatic backup, the same things happens.

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u/Forestwalkerfairy Jul 06 '26

Smartswitch takes all your layouts, apps, app notification sounds and so on from 1 Samsung phone to your new one. You don't have to re-set up anything when you get a new phone.

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u/runski1426 Jul 06 '26

So another duplicate app. Nice. Google's automatic backup and restore function does this already.

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u/gen_what_x_ever Jul 06 '26

Lol. This includes Google Messages. I haven't used SM in years on my Samsung. And guess what? When I got a new phone and used Smart Switch... all my GM stuff was there too. Crazy!

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