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who's "afraid" of green bubbles? it's like saying a toyota corolla driver is afraid of the ford pinto

antinomicus 8mo ago
No it’s like someone owning a Ferrari and looking down on someone who drives a Corolla. Or that’s how they see it, anyway. Plus there’s the annoyance with interoperability: it’s not just about status, it’s about all your iMessage group chats that don’t play nice with android
- elcritch 8mo ago
  Apple chose the colors well. For whatever reason the shade of green they chose just gives a bit of ick.
mlrtime 8mo ago
It's a real thing, you're either too old and/or not dating young people. Some do care a lot.
- wolvoleo 8mo ago
  IMO it is pretty shallow to pick dating partners based on their mobile OS but yeah it does happen.
- velcrovan 8mo ago
  I'm confused, I thought we were talking about people who are installing and running openclaw. You're right, if this is now a thread about teenage dating habits, I'm out.
sneak 8mo ago
iMessage lock in is a huge thing. When it was new and was still e2ee I ended up buying iPhones for everyone I regularly messaged. These days it is insecure however because they backdoored the e2ee and kept it backdoored for the FBI, so now Signal is the only messenger I am reachable on. Blue bubble snobbery is presently a mark of ignorance more than anything else.
- xp84 8mo ago
  I agree that it’s stupid to judge people for it, but you do have to admit that especially with not all people having RCS, the feature set of SMS and MMS that you have to deal with when not using iMessage is pretty barbaric. From the potato-quality videos (ironically, I recall QuickTime was heavily involved in that spec, lol) to the asinine way Apple lets you apply a reaction and then sends it as a verbose text… From an iPhone user’s point of view, a “green bubble” means “this conversation will work like it’s 2003.” Yes, I know 99.999% of Android users are on WhatsApp (or WeChat, Line, or Telegram depending on cultural background) but at least half of iPhone users aren’t on those, so we still have to keep using Messages for a lot of people.
albedoa 8mo ago
"Nissan" might have fit better than Ford Pinto here.

No it’s like someone owning a Ferrari and looking down on someone who drives a Corolla. Or that’s how they see it, anyway. Plus there’s the annoyance with interoperability: it’s not just about status, it’s about all your iMessage group chats that don’t play nice with android

elcritch 8mo ago
Apple chose the colors well. For whatever reason the shade of green they chose just gives a bit of ick.

mlrtime 8mo ago

It's a real thing, you're either too old and/or not dating young people. Some do care a lot.

wolvoleo 8mo ago
IMO it is pretty shallow to pick dating partners based on their mobile OS but yeah it does happen.
velcrovan 8mo ago
I'm confused, I thought we were talking about people who are installing and running openclaw. You're right, if this is now a thread about teenage dating habits, I'm out.

sneak 8mo ago

iMessage lock in is a huge thing. When it was new and was still e2ee I ended up buying iPhones for everyone I regularly messaged. These days it is insecure however because they backdoored the e2ee and kept it backdoored for the FBI, so now Signal is the only messenger I am reachable on. Blue bubble snobbery is presently a mark of ignorance more than anything else.

xp84 8mo ago
I agree that it’s stupid to judge people for it, but you do have to admit that especially with not all people having RCS, the feature set of SMS and MMS that you have to deal with when not using iMessage is pretty barbaric. From the potato-quality videos (ironically, I recall QuickTime was heavily involved in that spec, lol) to the asinine way Apple lets you apply a reaction and then sends it as a verbose text… From an iPhone user’s point of view, a “green bubble” means “this conversation will work like it’s 2003.” Yes, I know 99.999% of Android users are on WhatsApp (or WeChat, Line, or Telegram depending on cultural background) but at least half of iPhone users aren’t on those, so we still have to keep using Messages for a lot of people.

albedoa 8mo ago

"Nissan" might have fit better than Ford Pinto here.