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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: green bubble syndrome
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 16:55:10 -0000 (UTC)
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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2024-03-23, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> 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.