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  • macniel@feddit.de
    182·
    10 months ago

    why would you want or need a separate SMS/MMS application on your phone in the first place?

    • sab@kbin.social
      49·
      10 months ago
      1. You don’t like the Google app
      2. You don’t want to use Google apps out of principle
      3. You’re using a version of Android where Google apps are not installed by default, so you need to install something
      • macniel@feddit.de
        22·
        10 months ago

        Well yeah, I didn’t consider those points, especially the last with android distros not all come with gapps.

    • Albbi@lemmy.ca
      4·
      10 months ago

      You might want more control of how the app looks. Or maybe an app has some UI features you like.

      I used Textra for years, but did eventually switch back to the default android messenger when I started encountering issues.

      • Hazen@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        What issues? I have used for… I don’t even know. Feels like since my first smart phone. Never had issues.

        • Albbi@lemmy.ca
          1·
          10 months ago

          I don’t really remember now, but I think it was something to do with having issues sending images.

    • Jeknilah@monero.town
      2·
      10 months ago

      For Google photos/Contacts in particular, the gallery app was good because it would constantly ask to sync photos to the cloud.

    • Boxtifer@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      I was hoping more people would use RCS but I guess SMS will probably be the old fax machine in the future.