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Some features are not intended to maximize penetration; they are differentiators for their platform. Super Mario has a real future and you can only get it on Nintendo.

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Right, but we are talking about a communication platform which inherently should be crossplatform

"Should be" does not equate to "no future"

I know this is purely anecdotal, but nobody around me with an iOS device uses Messages. Everyone is using Whatsapp, or Telegram.

Coincidentally, Super Mario is a single player game.

That is, indeed, purely coincidental. The parent could have just as well said "Pokemon." :)

Halo.

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