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Which would be a huge indication that Fortnite is a key feature. However, it seems bubble colour is important. "Why'd You Push That Button - Why do iPhone use

Which would be a huge indication that Fortnite is a key feature. However, it seems bubble colour is important. "Why'd You Push That Button - Why do iPhone users judge people with green text bubbles?" https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18624681/apple-imessage-android-blue-green-bubble-color-meaning-whyd-you-push-that-button-podcast https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18624681/apple-imessage-a...

zem 6y ago
wow, that's an interesting dark pattern i hadn't encountered before!
- sneak 6y ago
  That’s not what “dark pattern” means. Dark patterns are designed to cheat or deceive. The blue bubbles are quite useful because it lets you know if your message is being transmitted encrypted or not (green SMS bubbles mean effectively cleartext).
  - zem 6y ago
    I was referring specifically to the claim the podcast made that non-iphone messages were subtly made to look ugly or out of place
floatboth 6y ago
That must be a US-only thing. In the rest of the world everyone uses WhatsApp/Telegram/Viber/etc (WeChat in China) and iMessage is not popular at all.
- sgt 6y ago
  That's not always true though. Although WhatsApp is very popular here in South Africa, I use iMessage most of the time because most friends/colleagues/family have iPhones. And honestly I have switched off notifications on WhatsApp (I cannot recommend this highly enough!) so that's the only quick way to reach me. I am sure others do the same.
  - hu3 6y ago
    Your bubble is not representative of South Africa mobile market: Android 85% iOS 15% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/south-africa https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/south-afri...
    - sgt 6y ago
      Indeed. Of course it has to be pointed out that 70% of the population can barely afford a smartphone, so they get the cheapest ones, which are obviously not going to be an iPhone.

zem 6y ago

wow, that's an interesting dark pattern i hadn't encountered before!

sneak 6y ago
That’s not what “dark pattern” means. Dark patterns are designed to cheat or deceive. The blue bubbles are quite useful because it lets you know if your message is being transmitted encrypted or not (green SMS bubbles mean effectively cleartext).
- zem 6y ago
  I was referring specifically to the claim the podcast made that non-iphone messages were subtly made to look ugly or out of place

floatboth 6y ago

That must be a US-only thing. In the rest of the world everyone uses WhatsApp/Telegram/Viber/etc (WeChat in China) and iMessage is not popular at all.

sgt 6y ago
That's not always true though. Although WhatsApp is very popular here in South Africa, I use iMessage most of the time because most friends/colleagues/family have iPhones. And honestly I have switched off notifications on WhatsApp (I cannot recommend this highly enough!) so that's the only quick way to reach me. I am sure others do the same.
- hu3 6y ago
  Your bubble is not representative of South Africa mobile market: Android 85% iOS 15% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/south-africa https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/south-afri...
  - sgt 6y ago
    Indeed. Of course it has to be pointed out that 70% of the population can barely afford a smartphone, so they get the cheapest ones, which are obviously not going to be an iPhone.