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by estiaan 892 days ago
You make some excellent points… but I wish I could block all text messages that have links in them. I know this wouldn’t work for everyone but it would be a brilliant option for me lol

The only text messages I get from humans are from old people and from coworkers. Humans don’t ever send me text messages with links.

The only legitimate links in text messages I get are from parcels tracking things and many scammers spoof those text messages.

Meanwhile I don’t think I’ve ever received a spam message that doesn’t contain a link, at least not in the last 5 years

The solution is extreme, and I’m sure some legit messages will get blocked but man I really wish on iOS there was a native way to block any messages containing a link.