Blocking imessaging

Apple, Please allow blocking of imessaging! I understand it's free, but sometimes we just don't want to receive communicaiton from some people. Have your customers top of mind with this. We should be able to make these type of decisions with our phones. How dificult is to to add a block imessaging option under contacts. As a first time user with the iPhone, this is one component that lures me back to the Android.

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