They make a lot of money off their hardware though, and iMessage is a key part of retaining users each upgrade cycle on their own hardware. It certainly has bee

They make a lot of money off their hardware though, and iMessage is a key part of retaining users each upgrade cycle on their own hardware. It certainly has been an issue for me. On the other hand, I wish everyone would just use some other network as the standard, instead of something owned by Facebook or Apple or other giant Silicon Valley company. After Facebook started censoring private messenger communications between people, I just can’t trust them and am unwilling to give them a chance.