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Before iMessage, they used the green bubbles for SMS. So unless Apple was planning a long con, they believed the green bubbles were fine for their customers for
by doctoboggan 2y ago
Before iMessage, they used the green bubbles for SMS. So unless Apple was planning a long con, they believed the green bubbles were fine for their customers for years, and switched to a new color (blue) when iMessage came about.
- hnrodey 2y agoBack in my day..... all message bubbles were green!
- YetAnotherNick 2y agoThey used to do black text on green[1], which was fine, but they switched to white text on green/blue. [1]: https://mobiforge.com/files/iphone-sms-1.jpg https://mobiforge.com/files/iphone-sms-1.jpg
- tr3ntg 2y agoFor some reason reading this, I didn't believe you, and imagined "black text on green bg" to be very ugly, but you're totally right. There's the classic look we remember. Hmm.
- wrs 2y agoWhat I find ironic with all this talk of lower-class green bubbles is that the Messages app icon is still…green!