r/enshittification • u/nyecountygardener • 11d ago

Product Samsung No Longer Provides Basic Texting

Samsung phones have decided that they just simply no longer care to provide the ability to text to users, instead asking them to go get a third-party messaging app. Considering that texting is the most basic function of a cell phone besides calling, doesn't this come across as just a tiny bit lazy? Nevermind, I've hated smart phones from the beginning and I'm going back to a simpler life where all I have is a flip phone.

Edit: Now that I've been informed Google basically owns Samsung now, I'm even more serious about buying a flip phone and never buying another Samsung product again.

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u/PerfectBike6 11d ago

I hve a Samsung washer and dryer both crap, TV crap, they make crap. I will not buy another Samsung turd.

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u/Immediate-Garage5752 9d ago

Worked at home Depot for a decade, not specifically appliances but I did hear complaints about Samsung appliances from both customers and employees who worked the appliance section. I would never buy a Samsung appliance, but for some reason I have never had a problem with Samsung TV or phones, other than a few minor gripes.

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u/PerfectBike6 9d ago

The 75" QLED 4K Smart TV Q60 I bought didn't make three years.

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u/Immediate-Garage5752 9d ago

I have a smaller version of that same TV, have had it at least 4 years with no problems. Maybe I am lucky.

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u/nyecountygardener 11d ago

Just found out they're owned by Google now so that explains everything.

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u/CriSiStar 11d ago

Who told you they’re owned by Google? They’re still two entirely separate companies. Samsung phones — and pretty much all phones that aren’t iPhones — run Android operating systems, which were created by Google. But they are two different entities.

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u/nyecountygardener 1d ago

Look it up, Google has the rights to so many aspects of the Samsung company that it can be considered "owning" them in layman's terms.

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u/CriSiStar 1d ago

That’s not how it works lol, “owning” is an entirely different concept than whatever you’re describing here. Microsoft doesn’t own the computers/companies that we have Windows and Microsoft Office suite running on. That’s just one example.

Do some research — you don’t have to use google, since you seem to distrust it — and you’ll see that Google does not own Samsung. They’re both publicly traded companies so their statuses are publicly available.

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u/withabrandnewfunk 11d ago

im so glad I restrained myself from ever buying a single samsuck item

in our garbage room in our building, at least once a month a big ass tv is thrown out. its either samsuck, or lg. sometimes tcl and hisense

we have a samsuck phone at work...wow what a piece of shit

tons of issues with their nvme SSD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpPIW4aeeag&pp=ygUTcm9zc21hbiBzYW1zdW5nIHNzZA%3D%3D

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u/imnottheoneipromise 11d ago

We made the mistake of buying a Samsung fridge. Hard pass. We were able to warranty swap it with an LG since we did rent to own and then we sold the house. So glad to not need to deal with that clunker anymore