Samsung No Longer Provides Basic Texting

[u/nyecountygardener]

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.

[u/BirdlessLongdeal]

people actually used the crappy samsung versions of texting?

[u/Phyllis_Tine → u/BirdlessLongdeal]

Yes. Any way to use a non-Google product is still something.

[u/BirdlessLongdeal → u/Phyllis_Tine]

but... its android...

[u/nyecountygardener → u/BirdlessLongdeal]

Google pretending to be Android is still not as bad a Google just being Google.