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People will use what their friends and family already have. So if everyone uses iMessage but you.. that's lock-in explained.

• smn1234 5y ago
  I wouldn't buy an iPhone only to have iMessage because my family uses iMessage...
  • fsflover 5y ago
    You would if you lived far away and it was the only way they communicate.
    • atat7024 5y ago
      Or if you just weren't on this site, and that's what everyone around you does.