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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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[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why is this even a need to be solved? are people that stupidly superficial about the color of y fucking message bubble? (im not american but where im from literally nobody wiorth their salt gives a hoot)

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

are people that stupidly superficial

Yes.

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

understandable i suppose, a good deterrent tho if they speak about it openly

[–] Stephen304@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

The color of the bubble is only important because it helps iPhone users know who not to add to group chats, since the presence of a non-imessage user in an iMessage group chat downgrades the entire chat to grainy photos, no reactions/ read receipts, voice memos, typing indicators, etc. I don't blame them at all, many of them don't use any third party messaging apps because iMessage is built in and gives them everything that other chat apps have, with the benefit that they don't have to convince anybody to install it because all their iPhone owning friends have it preinstalled.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 1 year ago

are people that stupidly superficial about the color of y fucking message bubble?

Yes, apparently.

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lol the world we live in