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Re:Noto emoji, a new black and white emoji font with less color by signal11 on Sunday May 01, 2022 @05:41AM (#31223524)
I guess it’s very subjective and while I’m sure the blobs had fans, they just looked weird to me. And it probably didn’t help that WhatsApp had their own emoji on Android.

Note that Microsoft also had to do a refresh of all their emoji for Windows 11.

For now the Apple/WhatsApp like aesthetic is king. But it’s so fashion driven, you never know what’ll be in tomorrow.

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Re:Noto emoji, a new black and white emoji font with less color by endless1234 on Sunday May 01, 2022 @09:58AM (#31225049)
> And it probably didn’t help that WhatsApp had their own emoji on Android.

Whatsapp just used Apple's emoji font on android too, for a long time. Eventually they drew their own, often mirrored, versions in the same style.

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Re:Noto emoji, a new black and white emoji font with less color by Andrew_nenakhov on Sunday May 01, 2022 @10:47AM (#31225434)
Telegram also used Apple's emoji, and what's unclear to me how they got away with it: I did search hard and could not find any information on Apple Emoji licensing or whether they can be used on other platforms at all.
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