#green texts

[songsofwaterandnight]

So I got another one of those iPhone vs Android reels about the green text phenomenon that reminded me of something I realized a while back:

Transcript below the cut:

Blue text: So I used to think that Apple users were just being extremely shallow about the whole green text thing, and they definitely are, but there's a more nefarious aspect to it that us android users don't really notice:

Green text: The green texts are harder to read.

Blue text: I only realized after my friend was showing me long text chains in green and in blue but there's something about the shades of green and blue that iMessage uses that make a stark difference in readability between them. You're straining your eyes more when you read the green texts which is why you feel an aversion to them that you can't explain.

Blue text: Entire User Interface Design teams work on every aspect of your phone's presented interface so this is no mistake. Apple limits your phone's usability for the sake of profiteering (not the first time they've been called out for this kind of thing).

[tramontane-fire]

you know I was clicking through the internet and I found an article about the antitrust suit against the fruit company for making their phone's messaging app only barely compatible with android phones and making texts from android phones show up green.

and most people seemed to be complaining about the color of the text message, rather than the fact that you can't use several features of the messaging app when you're messaging an android phone (read receipts, emojis, lack of encryption). it would seem that even one android user in a group chat "breaks" the chat and causes the features to become unavailable to everyone.

so what do?? deal with it, mindful of the fact that maybe you can't use emojis but at least you don't have to press 9 four times for the letter S? switch to another messaging app like signal or whatsapp, circumventing the issue?

no. naturally the only possible thing to do is make iphone only group chats and exclude all your android user friends. the author of the article admits to doing this when planning a trip with friends, saying he would text the android friend separately to avoid "breaking" the chat. then freely admits he never did and friend will have to go on a trip he had no opportunity to help plan, and still doesn't know about.

and ... if people are so selfish and shallow and quick to ostracize at the drop of a hat, I don't think we have much hope for creating a kinder world for any sort of marginalized person. inclusion requires effort, and if people are this casual about excluding people for having different phones, then what would their solution be to a friend who is blind and needs a menu read to them? mobility-impaired and needs the elevator? no car and needs a ride?

they would exclude the friend, no doubt about it, and fail to register that they were doing anything wrong.

when did doing the exact opposite of what the after school special was preaching get so normal?

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