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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by onlyrealcuzzo on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:33PM (#34527392)
I cannot tell you the amount of times my friends mentioned Green Bubble to me as an insult.
Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by slenk on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:15PM (#34527612)
I just call them sheeple
Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by paulcole on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:08AM (#34527883)
Are you the person who made up that insult? Or do you just go along with all the other people who use it?
Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by slenk on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:12AM (#34527923)
When did I say I wasn't a sheeple?

I just think the adult iPhone users that care about the color of a text message are pretty brainless. Care about something important.

Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by MBCook on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:45PM (#34527749)
As a person insult? Or an insult against your phone choice?
Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by onlyrealcuzzo on Thursday January 26, 2023 @01:36AM (#34528385)
What is a person beside the sum of their choices?

If having Green Bubbles is a negative connotation. It would seem it's because Blue Bubbles have a positive connotation.

It does not seem like a stretch that someone talking like that feels elitist because they have an iPhone - which they express by your lack of Blue Bubbles.

Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by unosama on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:53PM (#34527800)
And that was basically Apple's strategy to begin with. That user can say he doesn't experience it in his friend group but its been well documented and accepted at this point [1], especially among teenagers.

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-apples-imessage-is-winning-...