This is weird but I have to assume it’s a political sop to the carriers to get something from them. The PR is disingenuous of course, but I’m more disappointed

This is weird but I have to assume it’s a political sop to the carriers to get something from them. The PR is disingenuous of course, but I’m more disappointed in the reporter for failing to mention a big advantage of iMessage and a reason lots of people choose WhatsApp are because not only do they provide a better experience than SMS but they are (at least they attempt to be) secure. No federated messaging system that involves the carriers will be end-to-end secure or provide easy syncing across clients.