[buttonpusher]

If there was a modern drop-in replacement for SMS that addressed the known security concerns while also being open and cross platform, I'd be all over it.

There is! RCS (wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services)

Android supports it, but unfortunately it seems Apple would prefer everyone stick to imessage. Marques Brownlee talks about this in his "Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles" video.

[tata71]

Apple is now cancer dressed up as sustainability, security, privacy, and good design.

Well, the emperor has no fucking clothes on, Tim — we can all see!

[Tagbert]

Hasn’t it only recently started to be supported by phone carriers? How widespread is that support?