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Edited iMessages in iOS 16 Now Display Original Text, Undo Send Limited to Two Minutes
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They could even show “read” indicators (like the double checkmarks in Whatsapp) for each edit, on the sender side.
Nice. Just to share: iMessage is basically only used in USA.
Is ok, but how about love for other globally used features? (Up next widget, a clock widget that shows the local time, not Cuperino time by default, edit mistyped phone numbers, more widgets after 2 or 3 years of having the same, etc.)
Is ok, but how about love for other globally used features? (Up next widget, a clock widget that shows the local time, not Cuperino time by default, edit mistyped phone numbers, more widgets after 2 or 3 years of having the same, etc.)
Example.
What time does my shift start on Wednesday?
10:30
edit 11:30
no need to see the original incorrect text, however a change log should exist for other examples to prevent foul play. Looks like in the OP the originals are normally hidden behind the edited notification.
I have a feeling this is in response to those violence against women’s groups who were complaining that the feature allowed bad guys to send threatening text messages and then just delete them in order to hide evidence. If you remember, there was a pretty big uproar from those groups, asking Apple to limit the feature. It looks like they did just that, reducing the delete time frame to just two minutes so perps would have to decide fast. And the edit history is there as well to prevent hiding evidence.
I’m not exactly sure how I feel about this. While I don’t like these new restrictions, I can understand why those groups are asking Apple to essentially cripple the feature. I prefer to err on the side of more freedom, so I lean towards preferring the old way
Unsending after being delivered, sounds wrong. Rather have a delay before sending like email apps
It's as if they regretted implementing this feature...
For a restraining order, yes any text would be an issue. However you should note I included a simple scenario of harassment that does not depend upon a restraining order. There are other simple scenarios people can easily consider as well. If the sender has nothing to hide then why fear an edit history? Seeing a funny misspelling or seeing that the edit was providing clarification shouldn’t cause consternation to the sender.
How is it pointless? Just because it doesn’t feature the specific benefit you want?
The feature is pointless now, no different than sending a second message with a correction
An Invisible wokeness strikes again. Almost like the AIRTAG, the attempt to make a perfect solution has provided no real solution at all. Someone figured out how this text feature could be abused and neutered it before was ever officially released.
This seems to defeat the purpose of editing. Why the arbitrary limit of 5 edits too? Seems very strange.
Yes, and many others think along similar lines to me. Perhaps having to work in an industry with plenty of accountability and auditing gives me a broader perspective. More times than you think I’ve had to show people logs and audit events to demonstrate that they did indeed do the very things they claimed they did not.
I think you read way too much Jordan Peterson to read an entire philosophy into one simple change in imessage.
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Hahahhaa! It does seem very strange. Don't tell me if it has to do with CSAM.
Oh right on, I'm not doing any beta testing since
1. No secondary device to test on.
2. I don't have any friends that have iOS 16 beta
Nice to know my "wish" was already there. Thanks for the clarification.
Though, one could think that this feature is perfectly fine since most new iOS adoption rates are fairly quick. So I'd say this wouldn't be a problem for vary long.
Agree.
Having some kind of toggle to enable a timed delay and option to delete before delivery for all your iMessages because you know you "butt dial" often would be a good solution.
But those who intentionally harass through iMessage shouldn't have a two minute window to erase messages if they have been received by the recipient.
Harassers could potentially abuse the feature by sending and unsending repeatedly and the recipient would have no evidence of the conversation apart from maybe screen shots.
Sounds like a recipe for tons of unnecessary chaos especially considering how mobile and wired Internet connections in themselves can act like an unintentional delay between iMessage/iCloud servers and iMessager users.
But all in all, I really don't see the validity of iMessage edit & unsend.
-Why edit if the edits are visible? Why edit at all if you can unsend instead?
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Exactly. I think apple should remove this in the next beta, or yes, at least let us choose if you want to show edits.
Riiight, but now iMessage, the brand new shiny accountability & auditing toy will make your company look finally serious. Glad it's helping you.
Maybe they should call it the "band aid" feature, for communication between poor morally made specimens.
OK? And who isn't going to click to see it? I just don't get what problem this solves - if you made a typo that is so egregious as to be undecipherable, just send another message with the error corrected; we've been using "*" for years now to denote such a change, is that seriously what this feature is trying to replace? Why even bother?