[increscent]

I was just thinking of doing this myself. I'm hoping Apple doesn't shut it down. I recently switched to an iPhone because all of my friends use iMessage (I'm in the US). I'm not happy about having to switch, but it's how they choose to communicate and it's a heck of a lot better than SMS/MMS. I'm planning to buy a used Mac Mini and connect it to some messaging gateway or build my own. Then I can use whatever phone I want (used to be a pinephone user).

[withinboredom]

Look up BlueBubbles. It’s pretty easy to setup a server on a Mac with almost all the features. It’s how I get iMessage on my work laptop (linux), so I don’t have to pull out my phone when my wife messages at work.

[jaimex2]

Think different indeed