It would have been so easy for Apple to just be cool and follow some open standards rather than building their own proprietary network to drive a wedge in global messaging networks.
It seems to me that the only reason SMS is still a thing is Apple pushing iMessage on everyone, and SMS is the only way anyone can talk to someone using iMessage without buying into Apple's silly closed ecosystem.
I have Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, and even Messages with RCS etc on my phone, and the only people I ever talk to over SMS are iPhone users. Even worse, Apple does everything they can to make communications between iPhone and Android users look like shit to drive in some sense of superiority and pressure iPhone users to stay on the platform.
It seems to me that the only reason SMS is still a thing is Apple pushing iMessage on everyone, and SMS is the only way anyone can talk to someone using iMessage without buying into Apple's silly closed ecosystem.
I have Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, and even Messages with RCS etc on my phone, and the only people I ever talk to over SMS are iPhone users. Even worse, Apple does everything they can to make communications between iPhone and Android users look like shit to drive in some sense of superiority and pressure iPhone users to stay on the platform.