They want iPhone users to have want they want and need when switching to Android. I think it's not a bad idea. Personally, I find MMS to be horrible. Not because of lack of features but because it is different for everybody in one group chat. The messages become out of order, things don't send but say they do, etc. iMessage isn't the best solution, but if I'm being kicked out of group chats because I'm that one person making it MMS, then I'm all for iMessage on Android.
I am wondering if there is any other alternative to SMS and MMS that works on all mobile & desktop platforms. Hmmm, let me think... Hmm.... Probably not. 🙆
I'm an adult, and I deal with family members bitching at me that are over 50. I explain to them every time that this is 100% Apple's designed problem, and they like to roll their eyes in response.
Apple users CAN be really fucking annoying to deal with. In my admittedly limited experience, most of them are this way.
I'm an iPhone user and I don't care about this. Not everyone who has an iPhone gives a shit about what phones other people use. Use whatever phone you want and whatever computer you want and whatever OS you want and stop giving a fuck about what other people use like it's some sort of crime.
My problem with that is that a lot of them then insist on using an outdated standard that lacks encryption and high resolution media instead of just downloading something like WhatsApp, Signal, or Matrix.