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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by kelnos on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:09PM (#32407147)
> Same folks who didn't realize that all messages show up in the same color, the blue bubbles only happen when you send.

Doesn't seem that's the case. Folks have followed up confirming that the messages are coming over iMessage, and not SMS.

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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by withinboredom on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:30AM (#32408415)
The spammers mass send an sms spoofing a number that has iMessage. When you reply, it goes to an iPhone in the spammers hand. That way they don’t have to navigate millions of messages on the phone. Using things like blue bubbles, they can even interact via api and use a cms
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Re:“It’s time for Apple to fix texting” by NotTameAntelope on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:28PM (#32407257)
Did you think”no spam ever” was the pitch? Then you misunderstood.
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