I don’t care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the “blue vs green bubble” drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure isn’t Android’s fault for not being compatible with it.

The more power a company like this gains, the worse will it be for the whole industry.

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    10 months ago

    oh, understood. just saying that the marketing of social shame has been strategically exended into the colour of your text bubble pixels… from the “think different” company.

    signal gets installed on every phone in my house, but the kids are drawn to where the other kids are and Apple snobbery is rife in the area I am in.

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      10 months ago

      well your kids are really cool…

      i wonder how much is actually apple, and how much is standard classist kid stuff…

      there was a recent hydroflask craze with the kids around here… with kids chanting “sks” (sound at the end of hydroflasks)
      but, i think that’s just because they’re nicer quality and expensive…

      when i was a kid there was a big deal made about jean brands in my school…