Samsung Should Not Discontnue Samsung Messages

For several months now, those of us who use Samsung Messages for texting on our phones have seen the message "Samsung Messages will be discontinued on Jul 6 2026. Switch to Google Messages to keep chatting with powerful features." In some respects, this is hardly surprising. As early as July 2024, Samsung Messages no longer came pre-installed on the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6. For a time starting in September 2024, users started seeing a message to "upgrade" to Google Messages on their phones. Fortunately, those prompts would stop for a time. In January 2025, Samsung Messages was removed from the Google Play Store, although it remained available in the Samsung store. Oddly enough, Samsung Messages will remain available outside the United States. I already did a post on how Samsung Messages is superior to Google Messages for many of us back in February 2025, so I won't repeat myself here. I will say that I am angry at Samsung for discontinuing Samsung Messages, as are many on the…