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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by kelnos on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:51PM (#32405615)
> but having bureaucrats decide is the worst idea ever

I agree wholeheartedly, but what's the alternative? The so-called "free market" (not that such a thing actually exists) clearly has not solved this problem for us.

Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by selectodude on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:20PM (#32405922)
It's a problem for you only because you want to use iMessage. iMessage is about as far from a monopoly as you can get.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by worthless-trash on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:14PM (#32407174)
Who else 'sells' imessage ?
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by sbuk on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @01:21AM (#32408053)
So every app is a monopoly now? This is getting ridiculous.
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by aaaaaaaaata on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:17PM (#32407191)
Signal
Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by worthless-trash on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:27PM (#32407256)
Explain how please.