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raw_anon_1111 4 hours ago

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

JambalayaJimbo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Network effects on iMessage mean people buy iPhones

IshKebab 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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

raw_anon_1111 3 hours ago | parent [-]

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

f33d5173 an hour ago | parent [-]

> iMessage works fine with ... RCS

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

raw_anon_1111 an hour ago | parent [-]

Actually it was China…

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