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I don’t get the Apple side of this. Yeah they are assholes but only hardware assholes. You can easily leave if you want without consequence.

Social media big tech is where everyone communicates which is a much bigger and much more damaging problem. Literally some people only communicate via one vendor with no interoperability.




> Literally some people only communicate via one vendor with no interoperability.

Doesn't iMessage fit this bill to a tee? (Where the vendor in question also locks you into the hardware, not just the software?)


iMessage isn't really popular in Europe. Whatsapp is.


iMessage is insignificant outside of the US


No one uses iMessage in Europe.




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