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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users (techcrunch.com)
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Beeper reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users::The push to bring iMessage to Android users today adds a new contender. A startup called Beeper, which had been working on a multi-platform messaging

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 79 points 11 months ago (13 children)

i had no idea that having green chat bubbles upset people so much.

[–] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 64 points 11 months ago (45 children)

The issue isn't so much the message color. It's the ability to send videos that aren't potato quality and other media.

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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 34 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I've seen a lot of people complain online about getting dropped by a tinder date/etc because they swapped numbers and the other person realized they didn't have an iPhone from the green text. Probably best not to date someone who would drop you over that, but there's a weird elitism over blue/green texts.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Weird, is that an excursively US American thing? I am European and have never experienced "phone racism".

[–] Iseja@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It has started in Sweden with younger generations that wants to replicate everything from the US.

[–] rishado@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't you guys use WhatsApp though as the base messaging app?

[–] Iseja@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Swedes don't use whatsapp. Mostly Facebook messenger or sms/imessage.

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Attempting to get a date in the current US scene was hard enough without this petty bullshit. While it was certainly disheartening to see another one slip away, knowing I was dodging a bullet was worth the time. I did enjoy (only once) getting "ugh green bubbles? Srs?" And sliding back "yeah sorry I have a Fold#, iPhones r for brokies" and blocking the contact

(People are free to own iPhone and you're free to make your own descicions or debate the merits of android/iphone, I am more just intolerant of the fan elitism - not iPhone owners in general, hope you have a nice day)

[–] Toes@ani.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard of that, that's kinda hilarious and really helps them dodge a bullet.

Apple has spent a significant amount of effort over creating a sense of elitism for using its products but that's largely unique to the western world. Most of the world uses android devices by far.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Western World

Did you mean mostly just the US?

Android has almost 83% market share in the EU.

An interesting fact while researching is that Iphone has over a 99% market share in North Korea. I assumed that the data might be thrown off by one individual maybe owning like ten thousand Iphones... but surprisingly NK is more connected then I thought with like 7M registered cellular devices

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Nah bro, if they bought an iPhone that means I can't trust them with money. Screw that noise

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

As much as I dislike apple, I don't really hold it against people if they choose to use iPhones. Iphones are overpriced, but they're decent phones and I can't really blame someone for not wanting to learn a different mobile OS or lose out on all the apps they've paid for. Also a lot of android OEMs make terrible design decisions with their software modifications/bloatware, and it can be really hard for someone non-tech savvy to know how to buy a good android phone. Iphones are comparably simple to shop for, you only have a few options and they're all going to be decent (if not necessarily a good value).

Iphone elitism really bothers me though, it feels like it's taking a lack of knowledge/experience and turning it into something to feel smug about.

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[–] nolannice@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

I think they're hated because they're synonymous with broken group chats and low res photos. Hopefully EU forcing rss adoption fixes these instead of having to download an app to 'fit in'.

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[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

In the US, every millenial is a communist until a green bubble shows up in the group chat... then the poverty jokes commence

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Millennials are pushing 40

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

gen z*

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Dumb kids are always dumb. And cruel.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Doesn't bother me at all.

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

People are dumb af

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