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What is the actual benefit of iMessage? - November 15th 2025, 02:12 PM
I recently turned it off as I see no benefit. It shows the sender when a text was delivered and unless you turn it off (like I did a long time ago), can also show if you read it. Why the problem? “Delivered” removes probable deniability of “I didn’t receive it/phone was off” and also causes people to know they are blocked from contacting you when they send a message and it suddenly is green and not an iMessage. What if I don’t want someone like a boss seeing that I received their text message(ie. on a day off asking to come in). I literally see no reason to use iMessage. Is there a benefit I am missing?

It just seems to be the blue bubble that people want-or is it the ability to unsend or edit messages?
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