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Apple Messages could have become an open standard to replace SMS, but they deliberately chose not to in the interest of locking in existing users, and locking o
by teawrecks 4y ago
Apple Messages could have become an open standard to replace SMS, but they deliberately chose not to in the interest of locking in existing users, and locking out anyone too poor to own an iPhone. I'm not exaggerating, this is public knowledge.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mn2qyj/apple_declined_imessage_for_android_in_order_to/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mn2qyj/apple_decli...
So which one is "owned by a company that wants engagement at any price" again?