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Why does Apple insist on supporting bullying with the blue/green bubbles? (www.npr.org)

submitted 5 months ago by Nunar@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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This is the worst part about Apple. I support apple at my work but it gets harder and harder to hear my daughters talk about the bullying on text groups.

WTF is wrong with Apple?

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[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The color thing is deeply stupid. You can’t change it because Apple won’t allow you to. They use the green because it’s ugly and they do it on purpose. Apple actively degrades your experience because they can, and because they want your experience to be worse for a reason.

That is fucking bonkers to me.

The 15 pro is my first iPhone. I cannot believe there are people that defend this. It’s just absurd. I can’t even fathom bootlicking a company decision to make their device worse for me.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Apple does not use green because it’s ugly. Green was the original color for SMS since iphone 1, when imessage did not even exist yet. That’s why the app icon is green to this day, not blue. At that time green was the only color in the app, and the app was in fact called “SMS”, not “Messages”.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VQKMoT-6XSg&t=1847

[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

We used to do lots of dumb things on phones that we don't do anymore. The green sucks to look at and there's no reason it can't be changed by the user except Apple doesn't want to let you.

At the time of the iphone 1 Apple argued that apps were stupid. The world has changed, yet somehow I can't change a text color.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

you’re missing the point. apple isn’t trying to subconsciously convince people SMS sucks by using an ‘ugly’ color for SMS. they clearly do not think green is ugly, that’s just your opinion.

I get that you want the option to change colors, and that’s understandable. Just don’t project your subjective preferences into corporate conspiracies that make no sense.

[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Literally bootlicking.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

literally go fuck yourself.