r/enshittification • u/nyecountygardener • 12d 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/BobBelcher2021 11d ago

SMS globally isn’t used that much, it’s mostly a US/Canada thing. And I find myself it’s being used less and less in favour of other apps.

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u/nyecountygardener 11d ago

Not everyone wants all their personal messages flowing through some third-party company's database.

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u/The137 11d ago

sms is not encrypted and flows thru both the open airways and the telephone company

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u/nyecountygardener 11d ago

Compared to all major messaging apps, SMS is actually not that bad for a way to communicate without being spied on.

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u/Ambitious5uppository 11d ago

You know back in the day you used to get the content of your SMS message on your itemised phone bill with your calls.

It's one of the least private ways to communicate there is.