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Subject: Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:31:09 -0400
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On 2024-06-12 12:37, Enrico Papaloma wrote:
> On 6/12/2024 6:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>> Note that Android scheduled messages works for everyone;
>>>
>>> Is it a useful feature?  I haven't used it, if I received a "happy
>>> birthday" text at 00:00:01 on my birthday it would hardly feel personal ...
>>
>> I use stuff like schedule send on email sometimes, so I'm sure there's
>> some use for it.
> 
> I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
> 
> If I need an alarm for myself, I can add an alarm to my own phone.
> But as am alarm for someone else, I add a scheduled sms/mms message.
> 
> It's especially useful when the message crosses over into time zones.

I think it's a feature I would use but not terribly often.

More likely to set a reminder to myself to send a message at some point 
in the future.  But I suppose the "fire and forget" nature of it might 
be useful.

Hmm ... might be some neat pranks I could pull.  Need to test that.

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