[encoderer]

Nobody is locked into Apple products because of iMessage.

[rpmisms]

Apple disagrees

https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-confirms-imessage-locks-...

[encoderer]

Most iPhones are not purchased by parents for kids. You’re fixated on this but it’s a footnote for why people buy iPhones.

[tadfisher]

Maybe true, but 87% of teens self-reported owning an iPhone [1]. The blue-bubble effect is real, and this cohort is facing enormous pressure to use iMessage specifically. I wouldn't call it a footnote, personally.

1: https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/04/04/iphone-is-still-t...

[rpmisms]

You said nobody, I provided evidence that "nobody" is false.

[encoderer]

Me buying an iPhone for my kids doesn’t make me locked into the platform. I just want my kids on the same platform as I am.

Where is the lock in?

[sahila]

What is the reason you want your kids on the same platform?

Is it perhaps because it's easier to message them, do photo sharing/albums, see their location, have airtags work on both? At least for a sizable group my extended family included it's a lock-in for iPhones (or a very strong social disincentive to switch).

[encoderer]

Yes exactly - it’s the whole Apple experience. If iMessage started working on android it would remove one reason to get my kid an iPhone. I still have 20 more.

[hamandcheese]

iMessage is one of the primary reasons I will not buy an Android phone.