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iMessage is popular, but that has less to do with anything Apple has done and more to do with how badly Google has failed with a messaging strategy. iMessage is

by crgwbr 8y ago

iMessage is popular, but that has less to do with anything Apple has done and more to do with how badly Google has failed with a messaging strategy. iMessage is popular because it works ok-enough, is the default, and is consistent. Would you really rather have the Android situation, where you need SMS and umpteen other third-party messaging apps, including whichever 3 google is pushing this month?

Wowfunhappy 8y ago
Personally? I really, really don't want to switch between two (or more) messaging apps depending on who I'm talking to. I have an iPhone and live in the iMessage-friendly United States, so this works out well enough for me. If I lived in Europe where everyone used Whatsapp, the inability to change the default would be a big point of frustration with iOS.