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Which is surprising considering how bad it is.

In what way is iMessage bad? It works amazingly well from my perspective.

And you're using an android phone I presume?

WhatsApp runs the exact same whether it's an iPhone or an android phone. That's not trivial.

iMessage when I have to use my MacBook because my phone is charging is amazingly awful, completely inflexible.

Have you not used another messaging app?