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> I’m surprised android hasn’t done their own iMessages api where all android can interoperable Google have tried this at too high a level (allo and duo). I gu

> I’m surprised android hasn’t done their own iMessages api where all android can interoperable Google have tried this at too high a level (allo and duo). I guess the reason why it wasn't made for AOSP and instead put on the play store is because they want the masses to be using a Google product. A bit of a shame, since given android ownership rates a 'free' service like that over IP would be cool. Maybe the real problem with that is deciding who controls the servers handling this data or something.

rigidglobe 8y ago
interesting ! Google has strategists of all kinds in place, I wonder if they would make a stupid short term blunder of greed in owning an app over offering a free api for their business customers to compete against the apple juggernaut. The data ownership issue is real; seems to be a tough problem to solve given that not every manufacturer would play ball (why would Samsung want to yield their hard earned ecosystem to upstarts who plan to uproot them?). And also the security implications too, with so many smaller players in the android game (similar to fb issue with letting their other api users have access to user messages). It does not seem possible for google to solve this problem for a long time, since they seem to rely on ad revenue to invest in their other businesses. I don’t foresee apple going down any time soon due to that one issue that google has alone.