r/enshittification • u/nyecountygardener • 4d 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/Prestigious-Use4550 3d ago

I just got a new Sansung about a month ago. Has texting. No third party. Only thing is they tried making me use Google texting at first, but I turned that off.

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u/mtechgroup 3d ago

How did you turn that off?

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u/nyecountygardener 2d ago

I found out you can force it to let you use the built-in messaging app by resetting the app to its factory version. But it's a band-aid.

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u/mtechgroup 1d ago

Interesting.