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Love, Death, and Computers
I don’t know if there are dedicated teams at Apple or other companies to deal with death, but there probably should be. Though I was happy to see the Legacy Contact feature introduced a couple years ago, it’s not everything we need.
That data can be used for both memorial purposes and to prevent Siri suggestions about making a posthumous birthday call. There should also be an easy way to archive threads with a deceased loved one in iMessage to preserve those memories. It’s a difficult thing to do, but unlike many flashy features built for a subset of users, this pertains to everyone.
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