[ckbishop]

The fact that they do not have a platform agnostic version of iMessage -- even if it requires 2FA from an Apple device like the $1200 iPhone that I was forced to buy -- is utter bullshit. I had to convert my friends one-by-one over to Telegram because I prefer Windows/Linux PCs and I don't really check my phone that much.

I'm knee-deep in Apple's ecosystem, because I like all of their other products, but I can't use iMessage because I prefer to use a PC. This has been a thorn in my side for years.

There can be only one reason that iMessage is available on Apple devices exclusively and it's at least antitrust adjacent. For this alone, I hope they get fined a gigantic amount of money.

[tiltowait]

> I had to convert my friends one-by-one over to Telegram because I prefer Windows/Linux PCs and I don't really check my phone that much.

I'm sorry, but this sounds pretty obnoxious as presented. You made your friends adopt a new messaging service because you don't want to check your phone?

[dqv]

On one hand it's "obnoxious" to ask people to switch to another messaging app, on the other hand, the solution if you want people to not use iMessage is to "simply" use a different messaging app. But if it's obnoxious, it doesn't really seem that simple.

[ckbishop]

How did you parse forced adoption out of that sentence? Heh. For most of them, all it took was me telling them it would make my life easier. For the others, the animated middle finger stickers.