They are not interested in new users on devices which don't increase their hardware-sales.
They are also not interested in selling your private information. They. sell. hardware.
Trust me, they are interested. They are a private corporation. They are interested in every potential revenue stream. Today it may not be their strategy because of the potential for it to reduce revenue, but who knows what tomorrow will bring.
“Trust me, they are interested in murdering you and extracting your vital fluids for profit. It may not be their strategy today because it could reduce revenue, but who knows what tomorrow will bring”
Which history would that be when it comes to Apple?
As other people have mentioned, if iMessage would have opened up to other platforms it would probably be what everyone uses and would be GOOD FOR EVERYONE. But instead, they wall it to their shit. My mom constantly tells me she doesn't get my text messages from android to her 100% apple ecosystem. I can't do anything about it. It doesn't make any sense, but it's on Apple. They probably even leave these "unfixed issues" to get everyone to move to imessage just so they will buy their hardware.
Fuck Apple for their decision on this. Stop defending it. It's a horrible decision.
Yeah, because me trying to text an Apple phone from a non-apple phone is the same thing as trying to play a nintendo game on an xbox. Fuck off dude.
That is weird and never happened to me. SMS works everywhere. Does she maybe have your number in a blocklist?