Which is why regulation needs to step in. The "free" market has failed.

> happy children

Are they, though? Sure, if you're an iPhone user and everyone you know is an iPhone user, things are great. But once one person uses Android (or, god forbid, a feature phone), your experience gets much worse. No more E2EE, no more read receipts, no more typing notifications, no more reliable delivery and message ordering, no more sending videos at a watchable resolution...

Anyone who cares about communicating with Android devices uses WhatsApp. This is a non problem for 99.99% of the population. Google’s just complaining about sour grapes since they can’t compete.