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> But if it's an extension to the spec then other client implementors don't have to support it. And then you end up with a lower common denominator effect where end to end encryption is no longer widely used. That is by every definition worse than what we have today.

This is a pretty literal description of how iMessage interfaces with non-iPhones today though, so not worse.




It’s worse because people might actually use it. I currently use WhatsApp for my main contacts that are on Android.




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