probably because it’s the default SMS app on most Android phones nowadays, and people don’t bother installing a third party one, or aren’t aware that it’s a possibility. or they want to use RCS features.

relatable

Taking the #1[…] ranked word

I just got “love good people people people time people”.

7, there’s no headphone jack.

AI summaries of larger bodies of text work pretty well

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/09/australian-government-trial-finds-ai-is-much-worse-than-humans-at-summarizing/

https://ea.rna.nl/2024/05/27/when-chatgpt-summarises-it-actually-does-nothing-of-the-kind/

truly the wildest of timelines

yes. it’s Firefox with some extra UI modifications, but it’s the same thing under the hood.