Does it change much to focus on the original intention of the engineers?
If the bug ever surfaced or was ever thought of by anyone at Apple at any point in the development process of iMessage, Apple will have effectively accepted to lock the user in by not having it fixed or communicate about it in some way.
The OP must not be the first to report the problem either (he switched after iOS7, iMesssage was more almost two years old by then) ?
This might not be an issue Apple cares in any way, and that's fine for them. We should just recognize their shitty behavior, even if it's originally accidental.
If the bug ever surfaced or was ever thought of by anyone at Apple at any point in the development process of iMessage, Apple will have effectively accepted to lock the user in by not having it fixed or communicate about it in some way.
The OP must not be the first to report the problem either (he switched after iOS7, iMesssage was more almost two years old by then) ?
This might not be an issue Apple cares in any way, and that's fine for them. We should just recognize their shitty behavior, even if it's originally accidental.