Why take away Samsung Messages?!

[LoveLace01]

I dont understand the reason for this... the customization on Google messages is terrible compared to Samsung; therefore, I would like to use Samsung Messages. I bought a Samsung phone for the customization features. And now you're taking that away? Please communicate with Google to make the customization the same as Samsung Messages (like we've been asking) because it's starting to feel like Samsung is abandoning their customers...

[meself]

Only been known about and switch notice for 2 years

[Heathebee]

They worded it as if you could still have it but it wouldn't be preloaded.

[meself]

The s24 series was first to not include samsung messages

[Heathebee]

Ok and I held on to my note 9 until last year when I had to upgrade to a new phone for a lot of reasons. I have samsung messages on my phone and I prefer it. No ads, no ai, no google crashes making my texts not go through... I hate Google messages. They took all the character out of their own app too and now I am going to constantly miss messages from my spouse who is currently in another state. This is devastating to someone like me.

[Heathebee]

Seems the younger crowd wants it. I'm upset bc it's constantly crashing, isn't visibly appealing at all and people are constantly reporting that they aren't getting texts for days

[LiftedNinja]

What is up with Samsung removing support for messaging? May as well get a Motorola at this point, since they also only use Google apps. Samsung got me years ago because all their apps were much cleaner and more useful than the Google versions I would disable every time I got a phone. Every year they take something else away as an "improvement". Maybe for their shareholders but they suck. 

[Santaneria]

Literally have been eyeing a switch since samsung wants to go after Google apps so hard.

I dont care what deals they made to have Gemini and other BS features on their phones, if its at the cost of samsung apps getting pushed out, im out.

Samsung should have made a deal with microsoft to really balance things out than to be influenced by google this hard.

[LiftedNinja]

that new moto razr fold is looking nice lol

[Santaneria]

Right 👀

[AAbbott]

So, let me get this straight, you don't want to use Google apps on a Samsung device, but you will use Google apps on any other device? You do realize that Android is a Google platform, not a Microsoft one?