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2024-06-16 04:46:52 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 25A470A6614CA71C54AB96833BB85FB19B53CDCF409463668DBE3D59BB03D4C0
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Apple has deliberately not extended iMessage to Android to prevent users from switching the platform: https://x.com/TechEmails/status/1589450766506692609?lang=en Apple faces a DOJ lawsuit thanks to it treating messages from non iPhone devices differently: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/21/doj-claims-green-bubbles-are-an-issue-in-iphone-monopoly-suit/?guccounter=1 EU scrutiny and interoperability rulings likely forced Apple to adopt RCS: https://fortune.com/2023/11/16/apple-iphone-imessage-rcs-protocol-texting-android/
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