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Apple uses Messages colors to bully Android users, says Google - AppleInsider
Jan 10, 2022 1 min, 33 secs

A Google vice president claims that Apple is deliberately seeding "peer pressure and bullying" in its Messages app to get Android users to switch to iPhone.

Following a report that said teenagers are switching to iPhone to fit in, Google's Hiroshi Lockheimer claims that it is Apple is the bully, and not its users.

Lockheimer, Google vice president for Android, argues that Apple is refusing to accept what he calls the standard RCS system.

Rich Communication Services (RCS) gives Android users many of the same features as iMessage, and Lockheimer has previously offered to help Apple implement it.

As of yet, RCS is not being as universally supported by carriers as Lockheimer implies — but much like iMessages, Android Messenger supports it.

Four European carriers have written to the European Commission claiming that Apple's Private Relay in iOS 15 undermines "digital sovereignty," and that it should be stopped.

Apple's color-coding of SMS communications in green in iMessage plays a role alongside other feature in getting teenagers to switch from Android to iPhone, a report claims, with a pressure to fit in with their peers promoting moves to turn their messages blue.

Apple uses Messages colors to bully Android users, says Google.

EU carriers want Apple's Private Relay blocked.

Four European carriers have written to the European Commission claiming that Apple's Private Relay in iOS 15 undermines "digital sovereignty," and that it should be stopped.

Apple's color-coding of SMS communications in green in iMessage plays a role alongside other feature in getting teenagers to switch from Android to iPhone, a report claims, with a pressure to fit in with their peers promoting moves to turn their messages blue.

Having your AirPods, or AirPods Pro switch from your iPhone to your Mac as you sit down at your desk is a brilliant idea, and really frustrating in practice

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