The short of it is group chats lose functionality when even 1 non-apple user joins, and apple works hard to make sure you can't use imessage on other devices.
It's so frustrating. I want to like apple and their approach to privacy, but then they do stuff like this that alienates non-apple users.
Anyway, imessage is like a caveman compared to messaging apps like Kakaotalk and LINE. Those have more features and I like group chats on them much more than I do on imessage. Not that I had a choice; I don't think I ever got my Korean friends' actual numbers because everyone uses Kakaotalk.
It's so frustrating. I want to like apple and their approach to privacy, but then they do stuff like this that alienates non-apple users.
Anyway, imessage is like a caveman compared to messaging apps like Kakaotalk and LINE. Those have more features and I like group chats on them much more than I do on imessage. Not that I had a choice; I don't think I ever got my Korean friends' actual numbers because everyone uses Kakaotalk.
[0]: https://www.androidauthority.com/green-bubble-phenomenon-102...