Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by Tagbert on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:02PM
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I believe that is SMS spam originating from outside of iMessage
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I definitely get iMessage spam
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by rootusrootus on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:20PM
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If you're 100% sure it's iMessage and not SMS, report it to Apple. They can ban that account.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by altairprime on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:07PM
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They’ll ban the entire device used to send it, not just the one account. But see also elsethread “wait, how do I know this was delivered over iMessage”, since MMS allows the From field to be an email address.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by selectodude on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:19PM
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On the top of the first message it'll either say Text Message or iMessage. If it's an iMessage and you delete the thread without replying, it'll ask if you want to report the message as spam.
How would you prove the account is sending spam? By sending them screenshots? Will they believe you? This could be used to ban a neighbor I don't like. Or does Apple spy all conversations so they can check themselves? :P
With blue bubbles?
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by phinnaeus on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:13PM
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Remember, the color of the bubbles only changes for messages YOU send, not messages you receive. Received messages are always black on grey.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by chrisoverzero on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:22PM
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> Received messages are always black on grey.
What on Earth are you talking about?
You only see the colors on messages you send. OP is implying that you wouldn’t know what “color” the conversation is unless you’re actively replying to the spammer.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by ryandrake on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:56PM
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You can still tell whether it is an iMessage or text message without replying and observing the color. Long-press on the incoming message. If the menu shows: Reply, Copy, Translate, More… then it is an iMessage. If the menu shows: Copy, Translate, More… then it is a text.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by MarkSweep on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:22PM
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The text input box will also say whether it is a text message or iMessage before you start typing anything.
That's cool, didn't know that Apple didn't try to somehow shoehorn threads into SMS (like they currently do extremely poorly with tapbacks and stickers)
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting”
by phinnaeus on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:44PM
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Messages you receive are always black text on a grey bubble. What part of this was confusing?
As other have mentioned, you can tell if it's iMessage or not in a few different ways, the send button color, the "Text Message" or "iMessage" label interspersed in the conversation, etc, but if you want to talk about the color of the bubbles, that only applies to outgoing messages.