Why can’t you unsend a text?
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Sending a text means copying a message from the sender to the recipient. Unsending a text would mean deleting that message from the recipient – for example by sending a second message saying “hey, delete that first message”. This *is* technically possible. A lot of chat protocols do allow you to unsend texts, especially within a given period.
It does require that the recipient remains connected to the internet, though. If you send something and they go offline, you can no longer contact them, so you can’t tell them to delete the first message any more.
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