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Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by lotsofpulp »

theodric wrote: post #16
lotsofpulp wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I asked a bunch of teen to 30+ year old friends and family, and every one would say that for the purposes of dating, they would require iOS usage due to the perceived probability of an Android user being an incompatible match being too high.

What on Earth would drive that perception? Do iOS users prefer dating other people who will spend lots of money on a status symbol? This sounds like nothing but a thinly-veiled attempt at discrimination based on an assumed level of wealth. (Which, if you've priced out Pixels lately, is not at all accurate.)

It has nothing to do with wealth, iPhones are cheap.

As another commenter states, it’s about taste or “weirdness”. Similar to making assumptions based on clothing or clothing or other chosen attributes.

Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by theodric »

meepmorp wrote: post #13

Do most Android users actually care one way or an another? IMO, it seems like there's a small, if vocal, minority of folks with a deeply weird inferiority complex around blue bubbles and most people don't care at all. None of my Android using friends seem to give a shit.

In Europe - NL/CH/IE, specifically - everybody I know uses WhatsApp and Signal (except the Swiss who sometimes insist on Threema), even between iPhones-- iMessage never even comes up. I don't think anybody's sent me an SMS in literally years, bar one North American-based guy I used to work with.

(I'm sure someone out there knows a clique of European iMessage partisans, but that someone is not me!)

Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by theodric »

4death4 wrote: post #18
theodric wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What on Earth would drive that perception? Do iOS users prefer dating other people who will spend lots of money on a status symbol? This sounds like nothing but a thinly-veiled attempt at discrimination based on an assumed level of wealth. (Which, if you've priced out Pixels lately, is not at all accurate.)

Do you really think iOS users view iPhones as a status symbol? That seems like a major incompatibility right there.

Yes, I do. And Android an "anti-status" symbol.

cf. https://archive.is/0Mpc8

Edit: and this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38272193

Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by mr_toad »

theodric wrote: post #16
lotsofpulp wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I asked a bunch of teen to 30+ year old friends and family, and every one would say that for the purposes of dating, they would require iOS usage due to the perceived probability of an Android user being an incompatible match being too high.

What on Earth would drive that perception? Do iOS users prefer dating other people who will spend lots of money on a status symbol? This sounds like nothing but a thinly-veiled attempt at discrimination based on an assumed level of wealth. (Which, if you've priced out Pixels lately, is not at all accurate.)

People judge you on your clothes, your shoes, your car, your hairstyle, so why not your phone?

Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by wkat4242 »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #10
FalconSensei wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

apparently, a lot of american teenagers do. But I think it's because when a message uses iMessage, then there are reactions and other features available, where messages from Android are regular SMS and will lack those

I asked a bunch of teen to 30+ year old friends and family, and every one would say that for the purposes of dating, they would require iOS usage due to the perceived probability of an Android user being an incompatible match being too high.

Reading that from Spain I find it inconceivable but I'm sure it's true. Just can't grok it.

Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by theodric »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #21
theodric wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What on Earth would drive that perception? Do iOS users prefer dating other people who will spend lots of money on a status symbol? This sounds like nothing but a thinly-veiled attempt at discrimination based on an assumed level of wealth. (Which, if you've priced out Pixels lately, is not at all accurate.)

It has nothing to do with wealth, iPhones are cheap. As another commenter states, it’s about taste or “weirdness”. Similar to making assumptions based on clothing or clothing or other chosen attributes.

The cheapest iPhone is $429. An iPhone 15 not-Pro is at least $799, a Pro $999, up to $1599. Is that cheap?

Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by wkat4242 »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #21
theodric wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What on Earth would drive that perception? Do iOS users prefer dating other people who will spend lots of money on a status symbol? This sounds like nothing but a thinly-veiled attempt at discrimination based on an assumed level of wealth. (Which, if you've priced out Pixels lately, is not at all accurate.)

It has nothing to do with wealth, iPhones are cheap. As another commenter states, it’s about taste or “weirdness”. Similar to making assumptions based on clothing or clothing or other chosen attributes.

Cheap in the US perhaps. Here in Spain even the SE is 579€ and you can get a great budget or midrange Android for much much less. Which will have lot of mod cons the SE doesn't have like a modern bezelless design, amoled and in-screen fingerprint. Usually even a 3,5mm Jack.

Most people carry Redmi phones and use wired headphones here. It's absolutely about wealth.

Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by Our_Benefactors »

LoganDark wrote: post #11
lotsofpulp wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I asked a bunch of teen to 30+ year old friends and family, and every one would say that for the purposes of dating, they would require iOS usage due to the perceived probability of an Android user being an incompatible match being too high.

I imagine that I'd also be incompatible with someone who cares about which device I use to message them. I also happen to use Android. Go figure.

This is very “You can’t fire me, I quit!” energy

Re: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

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Post by 650REDHAIR »

metadat wrote: post #5

Trivial for Apple to shut them out, unfortunately. It would be great to have an easy to use, low friction messaging platform that wasn't controlled by FB or the Telcos. I like Signal but haven't been able to get my family members on board. Edit: Alternative ongoing discussion I noticed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38268184 (3 comments)

I’m slowly but surely converting everyone to Signal.
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