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Seem to recall Apple planned to make iMessages an open standard at one point. Not clear what happened next.

• wyxuan 6y ago
  It was FaceTime actually, and a protracted legal battle with a patent troll stopped it in its tracks
  • valuearb 6y ago
    Pretty sure it was both and patent troll stopped both.
• czzr 6y ago
  It was FaceTime and there was a patent issue.