On: Apple Never Made iMessage for Android to Lock in iOS Users

[happynacho]

People will use what their friends and family already have. So if everyone uses iMessage but you.. that's lock-in explained.

[smn1234 → happynacho]

I wouldn't buy an iPhone only to have iMessage because my family uses iMessage...

[fsflover → smn1234]

You would if you lived far away and it was the only way they communicate.

[atat7024 → fsflover]

Or if you just weren't on this site, and that's what everyone around you does.