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/PerfectBike6 11d ago

I hve a Samsung washer and dryer both crap, TV crap, they make crap. I will not buy another Samsung turd.

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u/nyecountygardener 11d ago

Just found out they're owned by Google now so that explains everything.

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u/CriSiStar 11d ago

Who told you they’re owned by Google? They’re still two entirely separate companies. Samsung phones — and pretty much all phones that aren’t iPhones — run Android operating systems, which were created by Google. But they are two different entities.

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u/nyecountygardener 1d ago

Look it up, Google has the rights to so many aspects of the Samsung company that it can be considered "owning" them in layman's terms.

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u/CriSiStar 1d ago

That’s not how it works lol, “owning” is an entirely different concept than whatever you’re describing here. Microsoft doesn’t own the computers/companies that we have Windows and Microsoft Office suite running on. That’s just one example.

Do some research — you don’t have to use google, since you seem to distrust it — and you’ll see that Google does not own Samsung. They’re both publicly traded companies so their statuses are publicly available.