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Re:How Apple Is Organized for Innovation by chongli on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:25PM (#24904228)
The colour of the bubbles is a brilliant marketing play. People put peer pressure [1] on each other to “upgrade” their bubbles from the ugly green to the cool blue by buying an iPhone.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18624681/apple-imessage-a...

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Re:How Apple Is Organized for Innovation by Terretta on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:32PM (#24904264)
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it’s not just marketing: in the US, the green bubbles are sold by your carrier to marketing firms, while blue bubbles are opaque to your carrier.
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