that's the main reason for most iphone users i know and exactly why Apple will stall for as long as possible on RCS compatibility

Yes I’m sure that Apple’s 95% retention rate is based on iMessage based on the sample size of “people you know”.

I didn't claim that. It's just the main reason for not switching according to my friends. The imessage moat in the US is pretty heavily discussed on here.

If HN were a representative sample of what most users wanted from their phones you would think they wanted to spend half the day compiling the Linux kernel on their phone and the other half bemoaning if only they had the “right to repair” they could put their own headphone jack on their phone and get rid of those pesky AirPods

What are you even getting at? I didn't say it was a representative sample, just that it was discussed on here. It's a real thing.

Still salty about their decision to remove the headphone jack and the industrywide adoption forcing me onto that ngl.

Or you could use a $10 adapter or if rumors are to be believed, next year a standard USB C headphone.