As the other commenter points out, Apple's hands are just as dirty as Google's in this matter. iMessage is only end-to-end encrypted if you turn off cloud backu

As the other commenter points out, Apple's hands are just as dirty as Google's in this matter. iMessage is only end-to-end encrypted if you turn off cloud backups, and most people have them on so in practice it's not so. And turning them off on your end doesn't help either if even one participant in the conversation has them on. WhatsApp has the exact same problem with unencrypted backups. End-to-end encryption at large scale is not really something American mega-corporations can provide, unfortunately.