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This point is a fallacy. Prior to the invention of iMessage - (iOS 6?) - all iPhone texts were this colour of green. It was the same no matter who you texted.
by lostgame 4y ago
This point is a fallacy.
Prior to the invention of iMessage - (iOS 6?) - all iPhone texts were this colour of green. It was the same no matter who you texted.
This means Apple never intentionally designed the green bubbles to be more difficult to read.
- throwaway27727 4y agoI seem to recall the green being a few shades darker (so there was higher contrast)
- JoBrad 4y agoI don’t think it was a darker green, but the text was black until sometime around iOS 7, I think?
- giobox 4y agoThe text was black though to be fair: https://www.gottabemobile.com/how-to-tell-if-youre-sending-an-imessage-or-a-text-on-ios-5/ https://www.gottabemobile.com/how-to-tell-if-youre-sending-a... White text on green is significantly different - the older green bubbles with black text are noticeably clearer IMO, even if I also find it unlikely it was done deliberately to make SMS look bad. That said, Apple will certainly be aware of the cultural thing of the green vs blue bubbles given major news outlets have written on it (in the US anyway), so... https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-apples-imessage-is-winning-teens-dread-the-green-text-bubble-11641618009 https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-apples-imessage-is-winning-...