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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Privacy issues, for the most part. Most messaging apps are encrypted such that the server is unable to view the contents of the messages, only the participants in the conversation can decode it. For the transcript to happen it would either break encryption (a huge can of worms) or it'd have to happen on your device, which would probably be beyond the scope of the app.