When I delete a text from someone in my Contacts, why all of a sudden does Messages keep asking me if I want to Delete and Block messages from them? If they’re in my Contacts, wouldn’t you assume I don’t want to block them? Or is it just me?
Some cases that quickly come to mind where blocking a Contact from texting could make sense:
- When you prefer a person or business contact you exclusively through voice.
- If storing phone, address, and other info is important even when text messages need to be cut off (for example, protecting against a stalker).
- A business or service provider abuses its ability to send texts to you.
- When it is necessary to limit mobile data usage (say, when traveling or when reaching a data limit)
I don’t think being in your Contacts list or not has any affect on whether or not the “block” option appears.
I think the assumption is that, if you’re deleting a message thread, there’s a good chance you aren’t interested in hearing from that person again, and may in fact specifically want not to hear from them again. Thus the option – and it’s just an option – to delete with prejudice. Most people, most of the time, don’t delete messages from people they expect to correspond with again in the future. Though of course there are exceptions.
Yeah, “messy breakup” is definitely what I’m thinking of here.
Personally, I wish the “block” option in Messages was more readily exposed without being tied to Delete. The two options seem distinct enough to me.
I have this issue with a few numbers.
Though I tend to Block & Delete all of my unwanted calls & messages - I have blocked 589 so far!
What I see when I’m deleting a message on my 18.6.2 iPhone running is the option to delete or to delete and block. It’s easy to fumble-finger in the wrong place and wind up blocking somebody.