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Yeah, I am not a huge fan of company lock-in. Apple makes their money on hardware, so they try really hard to keep people locked in [1].

"c. However, Craig Federighi, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering and the executive in charge of iOS, feared that "iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones". (PX407, at '122.)"

Yeah, Apple doesn't really seem very consumer friendly as people in this thread suggest.

[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/09/epic-apple-no-imessage-...

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They’re consumer friendly In a different spot than the competition. It’s pick your poison - privacy, or money.

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The choice isn't binary though.