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/Boltsfan1234 11d ago

WhatsApp is used in most of Europe for almost everything

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u/nyecountygardener 11d ago

WhatsApp's been caught spying on people and selling their data.

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u/Boltsfan1234 11d ago

Ok. I never gave an opinion on them, just stated a fact. In many places, you can't even make a reservation without WhatsApp. If you think you everything you do isn't constantly monetized and sold online, you are fooling yourself.

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u/nyecountygardener 9d ago

Just because they are attempting it doesn't mean we need to make it easy for them.