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by gruez 920 days ago
I'm sure most android users would be happy if iMessage-on-Android was included as part of the $0.99/month icloud subscription.
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Yep, I already pay for iCloud, Applecare on several devices and yet I am still punished by Apple via iMessage for using Android as my main device. (I also own a newish iPhone but even that's not good enough without workarounds to use my primary phone number with iMessage).

I don't like the idea of ever being bound to a single ecosystem and Apple's lack of interoperability by design keeps me using many Google services because they offer almost everything for both iOS and Android.

Sounds like you're just bound to Google rather than Apple.
I would imagine a significant number of people would be willing to spend $5-$10/mo to be able to use iMessage + FaceTime as native Android/Windows apps (you can already FaceTime with non-Apple users via a link [0])

[0]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212619