[raw_anon_1111]

Why would Apple care if WhatsApp has a monopoly? They don’t make money from iMessage

[JambalayaJimbo]

Network effects on iMessage mean people buy iPhones

[IshKebab]

That must be why they're so happy to open up iMessage to Android in the US!

[raw_anon_1111]

iMessage works fine with SMS and RCS. How would “opening iMessage” benefit Android users?

[f33d5173]

> iMessage works fine with ... RCS

...because europe forced it to be...

[raw_anon_1111]

Actually it was China…

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/02/19/apples-new-rcs-st...