Re:WhatsApp has removed answer to “how do I choose not to sh...
by BLKNSLVR on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:14PM
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I don't understand normal peoples obsession with keeping their old SMS messages. I get that there are some cherished memories from loved ones living or passed, but, take a screenshot to be saved to the 'cloud'. And I'm even text-heavy when it comes to communication, but there are no conversations I have over SMS that are worth "re-living the moment" (in my experience). I've got Signal configured to delete any messages older than 3 months. Long-term important information isn't for SMS.
I asked my son's friends if they had each other's phone numbers in case the 'party' got split up and needed to arrange to meet at a time/landmark. They pretty much all said "we've got each others insta". Today's yoof don't SMS, so SMS integration has a decreasing lifespan.
People's lives are so busy (I know this because that's what everyone says), who's scrolling back through their SMS conversations, and why?
It seems that you can still get the SMS import by first installing an old version that supported it and then upgrading (see [1]). But obviously this is only an option for techies, not moms and pops.
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/8887#issu...