It turns out that Android phone users can rename group chats for all participating iPhone owners thanks to RCS.

  • jonne@infosec.pub
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    2 months ago

    Yeah, I have the same issue with WhatsApp. I have a group with my wife and parents that my parents just called myfirstname/wifefirstname, which makes no sense to us (on our end we’d like to call it ‘jonne’s parents’ or whatever).

    Same with any other group chat we’d like to start that includes a tradie or whatever.

    I’m sure it’s fun for your average plumber to have 50 different group chats with clients that are all called ‘plumber’.

    • akilou@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      On the other hand though it is nice to have a common name. Like I’m in a group with the other parents of kids at my kid’s daycare. Sometimes you want the name to be common, sometimes you want it to be individual.

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        2 months ago

        What does the name being common in that case get you that individual doesn’t? The only thing I can think of is not having to take the trouble to name it yourself, which is such a minor thing.

          • Chewy
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            2 months ago

            A default group name, which can be changed individually would be great.

            • stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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              2 months ago

              Or just have a common name, but allow people to put in a group nickname that only applies to them.

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                2 months ago

                Agreed. That’s even better.