OP didn't comment on that it's "just" about the color of the message bubbles. The color actually does matter to teens as it's seen as a status symbol, that's a

OP didn't comment on that it's "just" about the color of the message bubbles. The color actually does matter to teens as it's seen as a status symbol, that's a non-practical reason to hate or bully someone about. And because iMessage is sort of seem as a de-facto chat app, it truly does create unequal situations. Think about it like this. You're low/middle class but your kid goes to a school where almost literally everyone else comes from a millionaire family. All the other kids play golf or some other expensive hobby. You're either forced to start paying for that as well or risk the fact that your kid will most likely be left out and ostracized by the rest. If you _chose_ to send your kid to that school and it had nothing to do with education standards or prestige of being at a "better" school, then you effectively chose to bear the extra costs associated with it, but if your kid just goes to that school because it's their only real option, would you think it fair?