[noman-land]

They don't want iMessage. They want what their friends have. If their friends used something else they would use something else.

[ultrarunner]

Eh, many of my friends have WhatsApp, and I don't really like it. Almost all of them "have" Facebook messenger, but again, no one wants to use it. Maybe I'm biased because it's true for me, but I don't really buy this "nothing's special about iMessage" claim.

Which sucks, because Apple's approach here (while not unexpected) is very disappointing.