In 2013 emails, Eddy Cue pitched iMessage for Android, but Craig Federighi said it would simply "remove an obstacle to iPhone families" buying Android phones (Russell Brandom/The Verge)

Russell Brandom / The Verge: In 2013 emails, Eddy Cue pitched iMessage for Android, but Craig Federighi said it would simply “remove an obstacle to iPhone families” buying Android phones  —  ‘Do we want to lose one of the most important apps in a mobile environment to Google?’
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