[themartorana]

Funny how they pushed iMessage as getting around an obvious cash grab by carriers and then push this obvious cash grab.

Wait. No, it's not funny. It's really frustrating in 2016. And pretty transparent.

[oldmanjay]

"and then" implies a sequence of events that doesn't match reality. This has been the price structure for iOS devices for many years. In any case, I don't think Apple has moral qualms making cash grabs, being that they are so into profit.