If Google stuck with Hangouts, messaging between Android and iPhone would still suck

# Hangouts, our savior...not really

A lot of people bring up that if Google had stuck to one app, like Hangouts, then the Android-to-iPhone messaging woes would be solved. Suppose Hangouts was Google's sole messaging app in 2022. Here's how a conversation from any point from 2013 to 2022 would look like in the US:

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>Me: Texting with you sucks. Can you download Hangouts?
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>iPhone user: Sorry. I don't wanna download another app. I'd only be using it with you.

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