[s3r3nity]

> ...rest of users should be allowed to leave it whenever they want (at the very minimum at their own risk).

You can, though? Just go buy an Android. There are a billion different options there.

Heck, you can also still buy old-school type flip phones at Walmart.

[skyyler]

You know that they meant there should be an option to enable software sources other than Apple’s App Store.

[HDThoreaun]

If I switch to android I lose the apps I paid for and my ability to text American iPhone users is completely hamstringed

[sedivy94]

Completely hamstringed? SMS is the standard, and yes it sucks horribly. Elevating the experience with additional software features and cloud services on one platform does not immediately entitle all smartphone users on the globe to the same experience. Google made a push for RCS, botched it, service providers either didn’t adopt it or only partially implemented it. That was upsetting to me. Do we sue Google and service providers as well?

I do agree that losing app licenses is upsetting. But this is no different than the licensing model for many softwares in the desktop market (e.g. per-user and per-install licenses).

[HDThoreaun]

Emails from apple executives have made clear that iMessage is purposefully used as a lock in tool. whether thats legal or not idk, what I do know is that it prevents me from switching to android and I would like the government to make apple stop.

[samatman]

It quite literally does not. Step one: walk into any store and buy an Android. Step two: have your phone service transferred to that Android. Step three: there is no step three.

People do this every day. Hundreds of them, at least. Every day.

[HDThoreaun]

Apple is using their market power to degrade their competitors product. Of course I could switch to android, but I dont want to, solely because texting iPhone users would become a much worse experience

[s3r3nity]

> Of course I could switch to android, but I dont want to, solely because texting iPhone users would become a much worse experience

It's 99% the same experience - except for iMessage users your texts become green instead of blue.

On top of that, you can use many other services for texts, like FB Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.

Beyond that, I don't see why it's Apple's problem that Google and/or other carriers can't make a decent texting experience without Apple making theirs less secure or a shittier experience in the process.

[layer8]

That’s a Hobson’s choice.

[s3r3nity]

That's copium