This is a fairly ignorant article by the verge and some comments here just ran with it and made it worse. Let me explain: 1. US carriers control a very small

This is a fairly ignorant article by the verge and some comments here just ran with it and made it worse. Let me explain: 1. US carriers control a very small part of the global Android market. Google can still push for a better RCS and they will eventually have to follow. 2. Android suppprts many third party messaging apps (WhatsApp, signal, etc), some significantly better than on iOS. For example some apps have reduced functionality on iOS or lack an iPad version. 3. You can access your messages on your computer. Google supports this natively, Microsoft has great Android integration on Windows 10 and Linux has kde & g-connect. But more importantly, things like push bullet have been around for years, probably before iMessage even existed. But I give you that Google has done a horrible job in the app department.