Sometimes I forget how badly Apple doesn’t want me to leave. This year I remembered, hard. I bought a Mac Mini, so I’m back on Mac OS, but I switched from an iPhone 14 Pro to a Galaxy S23 Ultra. Or at least, I thought I switched, but iMessage had other plans. I’ve switched before, but I forgot that this happens, that iMessage won’t let me leave. It’s time for Apple to give up this iMessage exclusivity that is hurting longtime users like me.
The iMessage hatred is real, whatever that means to you. For iMessage users, that means you hate anyone who doesn’t use iMessage. Those green bubbles let you know something secret about your sender, that they hide a secret phone shame. They don’t own an iPhone.
