> but not as deeply integrated or without any other app
Deeply integrated? How about a button that just does that? My android messaging app (that came with the phone) has a video call button in it. It works. Is it an app? What app is it? I don't know. I never installed it. It's just called "Video Call".
It seems that the main reason you can't video call or send emojis across Apple's garden wall is that Apple doesn't want you to. As you note, all the MORE ways you can communicate are things that I've done without an Apple product. I'm not sure what "without any other app" means. Other than what? Is Facetime a separate app from iMessage? Are those even the right names?
Deeply integrated? How about a button that just does that? My android messaging app (that came with the phone) has a video call button in it. It works. Is it an app? What app is it? I don't know. I never installed it. It's just called "Video Call".
It seems that the main reason you can't video call or send emojis across Apple's garden wall is that Apple doesn't want you to. As you note, all the MORE ways you can communicate are things that I've done without an Apple product. I'm not sure what "without any other app" means. Other than what? Is Facetime a separate app from iMessage? Are those even the right names?