> You could make a somewhat similar argument about an email provider sending emails to iCloud email addresses No. They don't work the same way. Your email prov

> You could make a somewhat similar argument about an email provider sending emails to iCloud email addresses No. They don't work the same way. Your email provider has to maintain a mail server to send and receive emails on your behalf. Your email client connects to that email server to do all its work. Beeper Mini directly connects to Apple's Push Notifications servers to do all send/receive. People arguing for an open iMessage system like email are completely forgetting how much spam and bad actors have ruined the openness of email. It use to be the case that you could run your own email server, but due to spam, many major email providers like Gmail will reject emails from untrusted IP addresses, for example.