Rather, consider this post as a plea for help. iMessage is important. People use it.
If you have a problem with a closed service working only within a walled garden, maybe you should look at an actual open standard instead, like XMPP.
It may not have "end to end" encryption, but at least you get to know how it works and how secure it really is.
Nobody is forcing you to use Imessage. Apple may encourage you, by permissive defaults, yes. But nobody is forcing you to use it. It can be disabled. You can even buy a phone not made by Apple and avoid the problem all together.
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Rather, consider this post as a plea for help. iMessage is important. People use it.
If you have a problem with a closed service working only within a walled garden, maybe you should look at an actual open standard instead, like XMPP.
It may not have "end to end" encryption, but at least you get to know how it works and how secure it really is.
Nobody is forcing you to use Imessage. Apple may encourage you, by permissive defaults, yes. But nobody is forcing you to use it. It can be disabled. You can even buy a phone not made by Apple and avoid the problem all together.