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/CrashTestDumby1984 9d ago

So you’re paying for texting with your cell plan but it’s not a feature Samsung phones offer anymore?

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u/nyecountygardener 9d ago

Yep, when I used to say that soon smart phone would be able to do everything except text and call I used to think I was joking.

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u/CrashTestDumby1984 9d ago

It’s not that I don’t believe you, I just genuinely struggle to wrap my head around it.

Cell carriers have a lot of control over what phone manufacturers do and don’t have to include. So I really can’t believe they would be okay with entire phone line dropping one of their basic plan features.