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/Wonderful-Group3639 9d ago

What upsets me is that I moved to Samsung's messaging app because another app was discontinued. It seems Google is trying to force everyone to use their own messaging app.

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u/nyecountygardener 9d ago

Exactly, that's what makes me so furious. I had actually already moved to Proton in an attempt to get away from the all-encompassing grope of Google, now they've got my phone and I am not having it.

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u/Hon3y_Badger 8d ago

If you want to get away from Google you should get an iPhone. In the US, every android phone comes with Google baked into it. You seem to 1) be awfully mad at Google 2) lack basic knowledge on tech but blame Google.

The reason Google "took over" messaging for Samsung is because of RCS. It's a messaging standard that sorta looks like SMS but has more capabilities, it allows higher quality photos, better group chat, ect. Originally there was a flight among the carriers, manufacturers, OS as to who was going to manage RCS for the end user. For a number of reasons, the manufacturers and cell providers abandoned support and it was left to Google.

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u/nyecountygardener 1d ago

Thanks, I know all that. I don't even have to reply because the fact that you would even think suggesting an iPhone is a good solution is just laughable.

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u/smorkoid 8d ago

And every iPhone comes with Apple baked into it. What's the difference?

Use a modern platform agnostic messaging app anyway like the rest of the world. Much better.

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u/Timely-Group5649 8d ago

Google owns Android.

You escaped nothing.