They don’t care so much about it. They’re just lazy. iMessage is the default messaging system, and it always works because it has SMS fallback. And Apple doesn’t allow you to use any other messenger with the same functionality. So they were essentially forced into it.
Other countries only moved to other platforms because carriers charged per-message for SMS.
It wasn’t some smooth-brained European collective brilliance.
They don’t care so much about it. They’re just lazy. iMessage is the default messaging system, and it always works because it has SMS fallback. And Apple doesn’t allow you to use any other messenger with the same functionality. So they were essentially forced into it.
Other countries only moved to other platforms because carriers charged per-message for SMS.
It wasn’t some smooth-brained European collective brilliance.