that's my point. for every one ultra power user who will have a dedicated root IOS device just to bridge all that, there will be thousands of spammers doing it

that's my point. for every one ultra power user who will have a dedicated root IOS device just to bridge all that, there will be thousands of spammers doing it for a profit. The only solution to IM fragmentation is decent interoperable clients. But looking at the past, that is the way to kill the ecosystem too.