• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    You missed the news, I guess.

    Apple fully admitted a few times that it was intentional. It was 100% an artificially created mechanism to polarize users, and bully them into Apple’s “ecosystem”.

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      9 months ago

      I didn’t miss that; that just isn’t what it says. Well it is what you say, but that’s not what I’m disagreeing with. I agree with you.

      iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove an obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android Phones.

      I’m not saying it isn’t a dirty business trick design to lock consumers in. It is. I’m saying it isn’t clear to me that it is designed as a social status issue. That was driven by a large group the users. Even still what this article is talking about is not having iMessage on android, which is not at all what I was disputing. I’m saying the colors serve a functional purpose. Not saying “only a functional purpose” but useful nevertheless.

      I won’t be surprised if android likewise distinguishes between sms and messages using the new protocol.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        so you just defend everything apple does but you agree it’s dirty bullshit.

        nice! seems like you pick winners bud.

        • theherk@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          This is truly a dizzying exchange. What I said was three things. The bubbles are designed to, at least in part, distinguish message protocol, the zealous conspicuous consumers are responsible for making it a status symbol, and not porting the system to android for vendor lock-in is a scummy process. I am really struggling to see me defend Apple in this case.

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            9 months ago

            the zealous conspicuous consumers are responsible

            They are, and Apple consistently does things the way to let that work.