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[–] GrayBoltWolf 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For real, if google didn’t completely screw up messaging every single year it wouldn’t be as big of a deal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody uses SMS anymore, it's 2023

[–] GrayBoltWolf 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hangouts was already the iMessage competitor. Video, voice, high res photos and videos, etc with SMS fallback. But as usual google kills every good product they create.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Gmail? Photos? Drive?

Hangouts didn't have the next work effect, unlike Whatsapp