Had iMessage come to Android in 2013, Google would have less competition in the U.S., but the biggest loser would have been Facebook.
In 2013, Apple`s senior VP of software and services Eddy Cue wanted to bring the iMessage service to Android, but the idea was nixed by other Apple executives, including Apple`s SVO of software engineering Craig Federighi. Ever since, there have been a lot of people who wish it could have happened.
Of course, this would have had an impact. Many people think iMessage is the best messaging app available, and with the iPhone holding a large portion of the market in the U.S. and the U.K., sales numbers might look a little different. But neither Google nor Apple is the winner here. Instead, both lost the battle to Facebook because Apple didn`t make iMessage cross-platform.
Apple`s future would have changed
There are people who won`t use any messaging app except iMessage. In fact, those people sometimes refuse to talk to someone who isn`t sending a blu...
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