[joe_guy]

> The big difference here is the Message app on Android is just a normal app whereas imessage is bundled deep in the OS with tons of private apis

I'm replying to someone who said the important factor is android is open sourced. I pointed out the relevant android program is not open sourced.

[realusername]

That's a half truth as well because the APIs that Message is using are open source and documented. You can recreate a third-party Message app and that's what is used in some of the android distributions.