I would't even mind not having a _single_ standard, as long as all the standards were _open_ standards. If I could use an Android iMessage client when I have t

I would't even mind not having a _single_ standard, as long as all the standards were _open_ standards. If I could use an Android iMessage client when I have to talk to iPhone users, that would be fine. Or we could even see the rebirth of multiplatform messengers like Pidgin, Gajim and Trillian. The issue is that right now there is no way to have a modern text conversation with iPhone users (high quality media, reactions etc.) if they don't want to leave iMessage. (Most of them don't.)