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Most people don't use Gmail for text messages. Ironically Gmail normalized archiving all email.

• godelski 6y ago
  That's kinda my point. Texting generally isn't used for business purposes either. I do think saving specific messages is the best solution. But you can even see in this thread that people compare Signal (i.e. text) to physical mail or email and that's why saving all messages is "normal." So... if we're mixing that paradigm then I think gmail is an acceptable answer to the question.
  • pseudalopex 6y ago
    You're getting the responses you're getting because you called them creepy. Other people would be happy to save selectively if apps supported it. No one is going to switch to Gmail just for that.
    • godelski 6y ago
      Saving everything IS creepy. Selectively saving is a normal want. And I feel like I've been clear in this distinction from the start. If people are offended by that, well I'm not too concerned. They need to look at how their behavior is weird to others. But the thing that gets me is that that kind of justification is more about "but it is normal because we've been doing x for a long time." But email and texting isn't that old. It is very new to the world. Even text being the primary form of communication is extremely new. We're all still trying to this all out too.