The fact is that with iMessage it’s pretty obvious that you and the recipients of a message are in a private conversation whose contents is only visible to the participants. With RCS it is not crystal clear. That is an Apple advantage and I see no reason they should give that up. Google likes collecting all that meta data about a conversation. Unlike apple they directly or indirectly sell that data.

The same company that shamed Apple for omitting the charging brick from the phone package (or the headphone jack) just to do so themselves shortly after?

They also made fun of Apple for the “notch” only to incorporate it in their own devices (though differently)?

While we’re there, can we fix the security to prevent 2FA hijacking?

What a contrived drama to stir up.