[sentientslug]

I’m not sure how you are in any way forced to use Apple products

[jbaber]

In America iMessage has extremely strong network effects. I read about an Android user who carried around an iPhone specifically to avoid having a green bubble with dating prospects.

[smt88]

My family and friends primarily use iMessage group threads as social media. There's also a lot of location sharing via Apple.

It's difficult to get most people to switch to something else and impossible to get old people to do it.