Absolutely. Google can't act indignant that Apple isn't following their lead after they tried, and failed, repeatedly, to follow Apple's. Google wanted a prop

Absolutely. Google can't act indignant that Apple isn't following their lead after they tried, and failed, repeatedly, to follow Apple's. Google wanted a proprietary messaging service like iMessage for Android. They failed. They failed so many times they gave up and became champions of RCS, a standard the carriers were limping towards supporting. Google pretending they're now champions of open standards and Apple is the big-bad meanie is ridiculous.