> Apple is malicious, but Facebook is totally okay?

This is such a bizarre comment to make, because OP never suggested that Facebook is "totally okay". You replied to them after their edit window passed, so they didn't say that and then edit it out either.

Apple explicitly and actively making what should be a 'standard' text message experience worse on non-apple devices is malicious.

FB Messenger is simply an alternative. I haven't paid attention to it, but maybe the Threads fediverse integration will piss me off just as much.