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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:07:59 PM EST
[#1]
The absolute destruction of “focus”. That fucking system is a nightmare to unwind from your life. I was missing meetings, calls and texts because it decided to designate all day every day as quiet time. No simple way to stop it or control it and all the devices have their own hooks into it so you have to run around disabling it everywhere.
They have a number of systems like this. Another is my iPhone deciding to become my microphone for my laptop install of my headset mic. A feature I have no interest in at all. To stop that happening I have disable the linked camera that I do use often to scan documents into the computer. But I have to do without that because the microphone is fucking things up and nobody can figure out the why. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:11:55 PM EST
[#2]
I'd allow 3rd party software. The user bought the phone. Let them do whatever they want with it.
If they pay $1500 for an iphone, allow them to install android, ubuntu, or any other operating system on it. If its a warranty thing, just allow them to unlock the bootloader and blow the warranty fuse when they do. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:18:29 PM EST
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The absolute destruction of "focus". That fucking system is a nightmare to unwind from your life. I was missing meetings, calls and texts because it decided to designate all day every day as quiet time. No simple way to stop it or control it and all the devices have their own hooks into it so you have to run around disabling it everywhere. They have a number of systems like this. Another is my iPhone deciding to become my microphone for my laptop install of my headset mic. A feature I have no interest in at all. To stop that happening I have disable the linked camera that I do use often to scan documents into the computer. But I have to do without that because the microphone is fucking things up and nobody can figure out the why. My wife has gotten focus activated on her phone [15PM] and it's driving her nuts. No matter what she does it keeps randomly activating and she's missing calls. Is it the entire ecosystem that's reactivating it? She has a Mac Pro, IPad Pro, Macbook Pro and the iPhone 15PM, so anything seems possible. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:39:31 PM EST
[#4]
The only thing I use is Do Not Disturb and set it for a specific time-frame (9:00pm - 4:00am on nights where I have to work the next day). I also have it set to allow calls/texts from certain people in my contacts during that time (family and close friends in case there's an emergency). I have no issues with it and never have to mess with it.
I guess if you need no distractions for a period, just put it on silent and don't even think about it. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:40:41 PM EST
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd allow 3rd party software. The user bought the phone. Let them do whatever they want with it. If they pay $1500 for an iphone, allow them to install android, ubuntu, or any other operating system on it. If it's a warranty thing, just allow them to unlock the bootloader and blow the warranty fuse when they do. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:41:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife has gotten focus activated on her phone [15PM] and it's driving her nuts. No matter what she does it keeps randomly activating and she's missing calls. Is it the entire ecosystem that's reactivating it? She has a Mac Pro, IPad Pro, Macbook Pro and the iPhone 15PM, so anything seems possible.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:50:38 PM EST
[#7]
Fix the damn mouse so the charger plugs in anywhere BUT underneath.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 4:42:41 PM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody's stopping you Are you saying iphones ship without any sort of chain of trust among the stages of the boot chain? I can't tell if its smugness or stupidity. But either way, you should knock it off. You know exactly what I'm getting at. Apple locks down the boot chain and only allows their own firmware to be flashed onto iphones. Thats why ios jailbreaks sell for $5M+. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 4:45:08 PM EST
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Are you saying iphones ship without any sort of chain of trust among the stages of the boot chain? I can't tell if its smugness or stupidity. But either way, you should knock it off. You know exactly what I'm getting at. Apple locks down the boot chain and only allows their own firmware to be flashed onto iphones. Thats why ios jailbreaks sell for $5M+. I think by virtue of the fact that they can be jail broken his comment can be justified in that no one is stopping you. Whether or not you have the knowledge to do so is inconsequential to its possibility. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:33:31 PM EST
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Are you saying iphones ship without any sort of chain of trust among the stages of the boot chain? I can't tell if it's smugness or stupidity. But either way, you should knock it off. You know exactly what I'm getting at. Apple locks down the boot chain and only allows their own firmware to be flashed onto iphones. Thats why ios jailbreaks sell for $5M+. put the phone into DFU mode and load your own firmware. Boot chain verification only effects trusted OSes and is part of iBoot. Write your own boot loader and don't worry about what iBoot does or does not do. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:38:15 PM EST
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Quoted: I know there is no perfect operating system, nor perfect hardware. To be honest, Apple has gotten really good in the past 5 years. But if you were the big guy at Apple, what would you have them tackle? I have two complaints 1. Why can’t Apple figure out what random is? I have a playlist in Apple Music that is roughly 9 hours in length. I love to put it on random and go do stuff. The only problem, I swear it plays the same 15 songs. So: of the songs on that playlist have never played, and statistically speaking that’s impossible if it was truly random. 2. When wireless charging my iPhone and Apple Watch on my Belkin stand, which charges both in “nightstand mode”. Correctly the iPhone will turn red in low light, in order to seem less brighter. The watch, which also has a photo sensor to dim, or make red the display doesn’t change. It stays that jarring (in the dark) green color. Not only does it look tacky, it hurts my eyes. This should be a super simple fix, I would assume. So what do you have? Only the Ultra has the red display in low light. Not sure if the new Watch 10 will get it. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:44:52 PM EST
[#12]
A touch screen MacBook Air that folds the other way like the Lenovo yoga, would be killer.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:46:26 PM EST
[#13]
I would like a built-in MagSafe charger on the MacBook, beside the trackpad.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:58:09 PM EST
[#14]
when Bluetooth is on, and no devices are connected, imessage notify is disabled. only imessage.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:32:15 PM EST
[#15]
I’d just Bring back a small iPhone
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:32:58 PM EST
[#16]
Allow device for access directly and permit MP3s to be played like a normal pc or Android phone.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:43:19 PM EST
[#17]
Removable battery. Physical switch to physically disable microphone, another to physically disable cameras.
this would be a good start. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:44:06 PM EST
[#18]
Nothing really, mostly it is just minor annoying things.
I always find new things about my phone, I just the other day found out in camera that if you hold the button it will start shooting video. I told everyone and nobody I know knew that function existed either. If you swipe up, it will supposedly zoom too. I wasn’t a fan of the UW1 software/firmware. But, I may have to get a AW/UW2 since there is now a shot timer you can control and read from an AW/UW. I would have a $1100 shot timer lol. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:48:06 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Removable battery. Physical switch to physically disable microphone, another to physically disable cameras. this would be a good start. The "physical" switch you are looking for is internal. There is no way for the component to be activated remotely and when it is, there is on screen notifications of such. a removable battery is a possibility if you're willing to give up water and dust resistance |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:50:11 PM EST
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: when Bluetooth is on, and no devices are connected, imessage notify is disabled. only imessage. Huh? |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:51:19 PM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The absolute destruction of “focus”. That fucking system is a nightmare to unwind from your life. I was missing meetings, calls and texts because it decided to designate all day every day as quiet time. No simple way to stop it or control it and all the devices have their own hooks into it so you have to run around disabling it everywhere. They have a number of systems like this. Another is my iPhone deciding to become my microphone for my laptop install of my headset mic. A feature I have no interest in at all. To stop that happening I have disable the linked camera that I do use often to scan documents into the computer. But I have to do without that because the microphone is fucking things up and nobody can figure out the why. Fuck that, Focus modes are amazing! It’s one of the things that really stood out to me when switching from Android. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:51:47 PM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Allow device for access directly and permit MP3s to be played like a normal pc or Android phone.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:59:12 PM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @billth777 Huh? If I have bluetooth enabled, but my airpods are not connected, if someone sends me an imessage, (txt from another iphone) I do not get a sound notification. Put in airpods, it works, turn off bluetooth, it works. Any other notification or text, it works. This has followed me from several phones, multiple wipe/reinstalls. it’s not just me, google it. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:03:03 PM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The absolute destruction of “focus”. That fucking system is a nightmare to unwind from your life. I was missing meetings, calls and texts because it decided to designate all day every day as quiet time. No simple way to stop it or control it and all the devices have their own hooks into it so you have to run around disabling it everywhere. The focus thing is pretty bad. I have no other apple products, but when I first got my iPhone 15, I thought it was a pretty useless feature and disabled it the best I could. I wish I could get it off the control panel screen. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:03:58 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The focus thing is pretty bad. I have no other apple products, but when I first got my iPhone 15, I thought it was a pretty useless feature and disabled it the best I could. I with I could get it off the control panel screen. I have never used any focus besides the do not disturb at night. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:06:22 PM EST
[#26]
Allow native Windows installations.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:07:36 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Allow device for access directly and permit MP3s to be played like a normal pc or Android phone. You can. Upload them to your iCloud. From there you can download them directly to the phone and use many of the typical MP3/Video apps available. Not as 1-step as plugging in an Android directly your PC, but it's really not that big a deal. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:14:26 PM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have never used any focus besides the do not disturb at night. This is pretty much me. I’ve got my do not disturb set from 9 PM to 7 AM but I’ve also got it set where if contacts make multiple phone calls to me they eventually get through for emergency stuff. That has served me well. The rest of the focus stuff I just don’t need. Maybe I just don’t get the utility of it but in my life I really don’t need it as far as I can tell. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:16:31 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If I have bluetooth enabled, but my airpods are not connected, if someone sends me an imessage, (txt from another iphone) I do not get a sound notification. Put in airpods, it works, turn off bluetooth, it works. Any other notification or text, it works. This has followed me from several phones, multiple wipe/reinstalls. it's not just me, google it. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:17:34 PM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Allow native Windows installations. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:18:29 PM EST
[#31]
Well since @right_rudder is here, maybe this won’t be shouting into the void
 If I’m on my iPad (11” Pro 2nd gen) and I load up a video from a website, then I screen mirror to my Apple TV 4K, the video shows up on the screen in (what I assume is) the same resolution/aspect ratio as my iPad screen. I get black bars on the sides of the image on the TV and the video stays playing on the iPad and TV. It also tends to look more pixelated, like it’s a lower bitrate stream. If I go to the same website on my iPhone (15 Pro) and screen mirror to the Apple TV 4K, it displays in what appears to be the correct resolution/aspect ration for my TV, and is much clearer. The iPhone also doesn’t continue to play the video, it goes to a black screen with some text on it (I forget what it says) and I can lock the screen and set the phone down and it will keep playing the video on my TV. Do I just need a newer iPad or is this one of those differences between iOS and iPadOS? |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:27:19 PM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That's Microsoft preventing that. Not Apple Explain. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:31:32 PM EST
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Explain. From my understanding it's a licensing issue with another company that's preventing M$ from retailing the Arm version of windows. don't know why anyone would buy a MacBook just to install windows on it, but Apples not stopping it. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:32:50 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Apples not preventing you from installing windows on your MacBook. From my understanding it's a licensing issue with another company that's preventing M$ from retailing the Arm version of windows. don't know why anyone would buy a MacBook just to install windows on it, but Apples not stopping it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Explain. From my understanding it's a licensing issue with another company that's preventing M$ from retailing the Arm version of windows. don't know why anyone would buy a MacBook just to install windows on it, but Apples not stopping it. I wonder if Parallels has anything to do with this. Windows 11 for ARM is available as an OS on it. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:34:32 PM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Only the Ultra has the red display in low light. Not sure if the new Watch 10 will get it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I know there is no perfect operating system, nor perfect hardware. To be honest, Apple has gotten really good in the past 5 years. But if you were the big guy at Apple, what would you have them tackle? I have two complaints 1. Why can’t Apple figure out what random is? I have a playlist in Apple Music that is roughly 9 hours in length. I love to put it on random and go do stuff. The only problem, I swear it plays the same 15 songs. So: of the songs on that playlist have never played, and statistically speaking that’s impossible if it was truly random. 2. When wireless charging my iPhone and Apple Watch on my Belkin stand, which charges both in “nightstand mode”. Correctly the iPhone will turn red in low light, in order to seem less brighter. The watch, which also has a photo sensor to dim, or make red the display doesn’t change. It stays that jarring (in the dark) green color. Not only does it look tacky, it hurts my eyes. This should be a super simple fix, I would assume. So what do you have? Only the Ultra has the red display in low light. Not sure if the new Watch 10 will get it. I have the ultra 2. My previous Apple Watch a 6 I think didn’t do that for sure. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:38:49 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The focus thing is pretty bad. I have no other apple products, but when I first got my iPhone 15, I thought it was a pretty useless feature and disabled it the best I could. I wish I could get it off the control panel screen. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The absolute destruction of “focus”. That fucking system is a nightmare to unwind from your life. I was missing meetings, calls and texts because it decided to designate all day every day as quiet time. No simple way to stop it or control it and all the devices have their own hooks into it so you have to run around disabling it everywhere. The focus thing is pretty bad. I have no other apple products, but when I first got my iPhone 15, I thought it was a pretty useless feature and disabled it the best I could. I wish I could get it off the control panel screen. With iOS 18, you can get it off the control panel |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:39:53 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I wonder if Parallels has anything to do with this. Windows 11 for ARM is available as an OS on it. from what I remember M$ was disgruntled about parallels because something about licensing and this was all related to the same exclusive deal they signed for the ARM version |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:45:12 PM EST
[#38]
I'd make them open source all of their operating systems and software, including repair software like that application you use to calabrate a laptop screen close sensor when you fix or replace one. It sucks balls that apple software is closed source, unlike android and Linux, which I actually use.
Open Source for the win Baybay. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:53:23 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No idea. I honestly don't pay attention to windows or parallels. I've got it but never use it. from what I remember M$ was disgruntled about parallels because something about licensing and this was all related to the same exclusive deal they signed for the ARM version Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I wonder if Parallels has anything to do with this. Windows 11 for ARM is available as an OS on it. from what I remember M$ was disgruntled about parallels because something about licensing and this was all related to the same exclusive deal they signed for the ARM version I see. Yeah I can see them getting pissy. FWIW I abandoned relying on Parallels. There was an update and now anytime I am using it, no matter what I do or what settings I change the system lags. Badly. The forums are littered with people complaining about the same thing. It was working gangbusters for a while there, so much so that I relied on it for any Windows/Client-related dev stuff solely. I now RDP into a Windows laptop I keep for just such reasons and it's worlds easier. Not sure where Parallels went bad, but it did, and in a big way. Shame, really. /rant |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:56:40 PM EST
[#40]
Hardware QA and planned obsolescence which kind of are the same thing with Apple because they have engineered the craptops to die sooner from battery failure. They used to last for 6 years easily.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:00:54 PM EST
[#41]
I’m getting some wackness in Maps when I go to navigate. Esp with CarPlay usage.
It’s new and will probably be fixed in the new OS. Fingers crossed. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:08:12 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m getting some wackness in Maps when I go to navigate. Esp with CarPlay usage. It’s new and will probably be fixed in the new OS. Fingers crossed. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:09:54 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m getting some wackness in Maps when I go to navigate. Esp with CarPlay usage. It’s new and will probably be fixed in the new OS. Fingers crossed. What kind of wackiness? |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:12:09 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What kind of wackiness? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I’m getting some wackness in Maps when I go to navigate. Esp with CarPlay usage. It’s new and will probably be fixed in the new OS. Fingers crossed. What kind of wackiness? Earlier today I got time outs like it couldn’t access the server, and it was also not finding a contact I’ve navigated to many times. Solid wi-fi and 5gUW options at the time. Not the first time it’s happened either. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:13:37 PM EST
[#45]
OH and the Podcasts app decides regularly to not find the podcast I’ve been listening to and serve me up some random thing from my list.
None of my issues are show-stoppers, just annoying. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:13:45 PM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Earlier today I got time outs like it couldn’t access the server, and it was also not finding a contact I’ve navigated to many times. Solid wi-fi and 5gUW options at the time. Not the first time it’s happened either. Not any issues I’ve had. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:16:01 PM EST
[#47]
Everywhere in the OS where you can click a link, I would have the default browser open instead of only most of the time.
In the Mail app, I would have mouse scroll speed abide by the system setting. Both of these have been around for years and yes I've reported them both but they continue to be ignored. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:18:15 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Not any issues I’ve had. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Earlier today I got time outs like it couldn’t access the server, and it was also not finding a contact I’ve navigated to many times. Solid wi-fi and 5gUW options at the time. Not the first time it’s happened either. Not any issues I’ve had. Excellent! I just know this was an issue for me. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:18:38 PM EST
[#49]
They finally fixed my biggest peeve, the inability to assign contact to a "List" while on a mobile device, several years ago now.
Everything else compared to that is small potatoes. As I said in many other threads, I still wish the phones were as small as the old minis, though, even smaller.. or at least shorter. I think the phablet trend can be adequately addressed by making phones wider relative to their length. Not sure why the phone aspect ratio is what it is. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 8:20:37 PM EST
[#50]
A single tap and confirm to perform the following on junk/spam texts:
1. Block number 2. Report spam 3. Delete text message |
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