I used to be fairly content with Apple: the iOS ecosystem (or walled garden) was pretty decent, and OSX is basically Unix. I was happy.<p>Then, after a few years of iOS use, I switched to Android. Suddenly, I was an outcast among friends: any group SMS conversations I had been a part of, I would no longer get. I get it: Apple uses iMessage, and it is not present in Android. But at least Apple could warn the sender that it is unable to deliver the message to me, instead of silently dropping it! Friends started calling me: are you OK? And I had to patiently explain to them the iMessage fiasco. I tried everything to disavow iMessage on my phone number; but nothing works. I still don&#x27;t get messages in group conversations, months later.<p>This totally soured me on Apple. Instead of being a greedy little fuck, why can&#x27;t they just play nice? They are the biggest company in the world; they don&#x27;t <i>have</i> to be giant pricks too!