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To: yofal who wrote (166184)	2/20/2014 5:51:20 PM
From: pyslent	1 Recommendation Recommended By Ryan Bartholomew Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213185

"You just described Apple's Messages" Not just iMessages-- there are tons of apps that do the same thing technically, including facebook's own Messenger. Also, Skype, Hangouts, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, BBM, etc. This was about users, but I wouldn't be confident that switching costs are prohibitive.

To: yofal who wrote (166184)	2/20/2014 10:04:31 PM
From: JP Sullivan	Respond to of 213185

Except it's not* cross platform and it's free.* Given that messaging apps are now numerous, ubiquitous, and mostly free, Apple should wise up and make iMessage available on all platforms. There isn't anything further to be gained by keeping it inside the walled garden. Nobody is going to buy an iPhone because of iMessage; OTOH, making the app available everywhere on every platform might attract new users to iOS -- at the very least it's free publicity. Apple already set a precedent in iTunes by making it available on Windows, and what a roaring success that decision turned out to be for the iPod business.