It's not that different from the rest of the world. In other places there are other bubbles - Whatsapp bubbles, Messenger bubbles. They are not tied to specific

It's not that different from the rest of the world. In other places there are other bubbles - Whatsapp bubbles, Messenger bubbles. They are not tied to specific phone vendors, but tied to a giant corporate as well. Apples is just a special case of the problem that there is no open standard for text communication. RCS is supposed to be that thing, but I would like to see Whatsapp, Signal, Messenger and the rest switch to use it