Originally Posted by
trelawrence There's the rub... one reason I found it hard to leave BlackBerry was BBM. The thing was that eventually, my BBM contact pool kept on getting smaller and smaller. I believe the closed nature of BBM sometimes hurts it.
And now, Apple is doing the same thing. I think the outcome may be a bit different though. Apple is very good at making that keep folks dialed into the ecosystem.
Even if I changed to iOS, I doubt that I'd use the proprietary system. I am a big proponent of cross-platform operability.
Again, if it is confirmed that iTunes is NOT required for daily operation (and I could keep my current plan on Sprint), I'd consider it.