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It doesn’t make sense for them to do because their customers don’t seem to care.
“Malicious” implies intent.
It’s just a guess but all of Googles failed messengers were probably available for iOS, too. Apple on the other hand is known to intentionally make things incompatible with other brands.
I can only tell you about Europe, because nobody here seems to use imessage. SMS are basically dead since the first generation of smartphones came out. They are used for OTP codes from banks sometimes but that’s it. The only reason why people use SMS in the US seems to be Apple. They didn’t make SMS worse than they were (which would be hard to achieve), but they basically force people to keep using them. Well, or abandon their apple friends. For the API, I think Apple could afford that, honestly. They don’t have to handle the data between Android phones if they support some form of federation. Only between Apple and Apple, and Apple and Android. Your operator also handles SMS when they go to or come from other operators. I think Apple just likes the peer pressure they seem to create with that app in the US. From a business perspective that might be smart, sure. Still, very malicious behavior. I’m glad there’s more and more regulation coming up (at least in the EU). If imessage wasn’t a niche here, they’d have to comply.
Solange rechzeitig vor der nächsten Wahl neue Lügen und leere Versprechungen aufgetischt werden und es zur Wiederwahl reicht hat es seinen Zweck doch erfüllt. Dass Wähler ihre Entscheidung mal vom Verhalten in der Vergangenheit abhängig machen anstatt von Marketing-/Propagandablabla auf bunten Plakaten ist ja bisher noch nicht unbedingt eingetreten.
I like the 20$ app-free version. Sounds like a solid business idea 🤔.