> Right now though there is no one standard which is a good thing for competition and security. There already is a standard, one which Apple falls-back to whe

> Right now though there is no one standard which is a good thing for competition and security. There already is a standard, one which Apple falls-back to when messaging Android: SMS. The would-be-dystopia you describe well in your second paragraph is not a hypothetical: that is the world as it is today with SMS; Apple could change that by switching to RCS + encryption extension and protect their users' privacy, but they won't because they view it as a competitive wedge (we know this due to the Epic lawsuit, as mentioned in TFA)