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

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!

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

> 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...