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by viraptor 734 days ago
Not killed. Apple decided not to charge for non-Apple users and not to provide it for free either. They were only prevented from doing P2P connections, not from opening the protocol.

Or maybe it could've even been federated... not that Apple likes to play nice with anyone else.

Which is funny given that WhatsApp started as a very popular paid service. They could've been that for iMessage and extended it to calls.