Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: green bubble syndrome Date: 23 Mar 2024 22:10:09 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net zc3+0UvqssQ80CtMscAGMAqKQwU/Y+6uEMFMj/3h7v/TK6Zo8l Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ixhj8LB20nZRFFW/VjL1l5hrQS0= sha256:HURp2HvCdMcddKIdvoBZ3XVskiaBcdoA1JerQ5mkA0s= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Bytes: 3682 On 2024-03-23, badgolferman wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2024-03-23, Blueshirt wrote: >>> Your Name wrote: >>>> On 2024-03-22 18:36:02 +0000, badgolferman said: >>>> >>>>> The Justice Department called out Apple for afflicting Android >>>>> smartphone users with the dreaded “green bubble” in text messages >>>>> — calling it a mark of “social stigma, exclusion and blame” as >>>>> part of its landmark antitrust case against the iPhone maker. >>>>> >>>>> “Green bubble” status has long been a source of mockery online, >>>>> with some women even jokingly declaring that they find men who own >>>>> Androids less attractive. >>>>> >>>>> In the past, Apple rivals like Google have demanded that the >>>>> company “fix” texting. >>>>> >>>>> [Snip] >>>> >>>> The colour is there for a reason. Apple's Messages has features not >>>> available in normal texting, the difference in the bubble's colours >>>> let users know which can use those features and which cannot. >>> >>> I can't understand the people fixated over the colour of message >>> bubbles on their phones... I've not met one person in real life, be >>> they Android or iOS user - who's ever mentioned the colour of >>> message bubbles. (Really!) Yet on Usenet there's people frothing at >>> the mouth in anger or pee peeing themselves with excitement over >>> green and blue message bubbles. WTF?! >>> >>> Get a life people! >> >> The OP, badgolferman, and his buddy Arlen ("Gelato" and his many >> other nyms) are resident trolls who regularly bitch and moan about >> green bubbles, yellow iPhones, and so on as a ruse to belittle anyone >> who dares to like using Apple products. Not how "Gelato's" only >> contribution to this thread is to call people juvenile names like >> "iSheep" and claim they are all idiots. badgolferman posts the bait, >> people respond, then Arlen swoops in with his trolls and insults. >> Lather, rinse, repeat. It's a childish and frankly boring game they >> play. ; ) > > You should add the DOJ to your list of Apple trolls too. When the DOJ posts childish trolls here in these newsgroups, I will. In the meantime, you're just deflecting as usual. Your trolls are as juvenile and weak as your intellect. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR