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Nothing Phone builds a blue bubble iMessage bridge while Google and Apple fight over RCS (www.androidcentral.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (24 children)

The stupidest thing about this is cultural identification with the message apps "bubble" color.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Isn’t it the fact that there will be features missing if someone doesn’t have iMessage? I genuinely don’t think anybody would care if it were just the color of the bubble that was different and nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

I think green bubbles (non iPhone) means it's using SMS so it can cost people money to send messages, especially images which would be sent as MMS I guess.

I'm an Android user though so I don't really know. Also I'm in Europe where nobody cares and just uses Signal, WhatsApp or Telegram.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The kids care. Even in Europe. My nephew and niece had to get iPhones, and soon my son will have to get one or be socially left out. It's a serious crisis made by greedy corporations is what it really is.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Not one single person on this planet ever had to get an iPhone

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like an opportunity to educate your kids, and by proxy, others.

Kid's bubble-shaming is no different than any other stupid shit kids have always done.

Don't feed into it.

And if you really want to have some fun, host something like the iMessage-Matrix bridge mentioned above, or other messaging apps. When your kid shows up as a blue bubble, but friends notice he's on Android, they'll be confused...another learning opportunity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Kid's bubble-shaming is no different than any other stupid shit kids have always done.