> Why won’t Apple add a disappearing messages feature?
Most customers (especially non engineer) are apathetic to disappearing messages.
Also its kind of 'fake' you can just take screenshots.
Most customers (especially non engineer) are apathetic to disappearing messages.
Also its kind of 'fake' you can just take screenshots.
That's not the point of disappearing messages. Maybe "expiring messages" would be a better name. The point is that you and your communication partners don't have to clean up your messages manually. If the messages are not stored indefinitely, then they are a lot less likely to be leaked in a data breach.
Just like face-to-face conversations, the discussion can be ephemeral.
good news, you can already do this (been possible for years). Open Settings, find the settings for `Messages`, and change the `Keep Messages` option to 30 days, 1 year, or forever.
I suppose it would be nice if this setting was more granular, for example per thread...but I think the status quo suits most people just fine?
My friends could covertly create voice recordings of in-person meetings as well, but that's very different from everybody by default walking around with a voice recorder that I have to individually ask them to please turn off.