I can't use Android. Google literally cannot have their Android phones be able to make FaceTime calls or send/receive iMessages because Apple won't let them.

How is any of that Google's fault? That's Apple entrenching their platform lock-in in a way that ultimately harms customers.

What you said can be applied to any other situation where a de-jure choice exists even when a de-facto choice does not:

> You don’t lay any of the blame on Netscape's inability to convince people that their Navigator browser is worth buying when you can afford to do otherwise?

Google however has tried a half dozen times to create a messenger app sometimes more than one at a same time. Why couldn’t Google succeed? Incompetence? Apple allows third parties to have tight integration with the native dialer and contact apps.

What you said can be applied to any other situation where a de-jure choice exists even when a de-facto choice does not:

Google in fact was able to overtake IE on Windows so thoroughly that MS gave up and is now using Google’s engine.

Google Maps is quite popular on iOS devices.

Apple app store policies prevents reading SMS messages which means it will never have the green bubble/blue bubble functionality of imessage

What could possible go wrong with letting third parties reading text messages?

There are dozens of other messaging clients on iPhones. Outside of the US, most people don’t even use iMessage. Now people are complaining that they can’t convince their friend circle to use alternate messaging apps.

This is again partially due to Google’s incompetence. They can’t even convince Android users to use their messaging apps.