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Re:Beeper Mini is back by ksherlock on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:35PM (#38605169)
Apparently, blue bubble envy is a thing people have. The beeper home page mentions blue bubbles 9 times (and not being a green bubble twice). WSJ reported in August that 87% of teens have an iPhone so anybody with an android or a green bubble therefore stands out and is a loser.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/why-teens-hate-androi...

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Re:Beeper Mini is back by artyn on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:39PM (#38605219)
I think people wouldn't mind the green bubble if it had a good contrast ratio.
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Re:Beeper Mini is back by carstenhag on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:03PM (#38605478)
On the Beeper website it sayss they use "blue bubble" to refer to iMessage.
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Re:Beeper Mini is back by fatnoah on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:41PM (#38605237)
My son had an Android phone. I don't think anyone considered him to be a loser, but he did get very sick of everyone why he had a green bubble.
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Re:Beeper Mini is back by raydev on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:27PM (#38605734)
I'm shocked your son and his friends were using iMessage, even in the US. My teens are using Snapchat/IG/TikTok mostly for messaging.

iMessage or SMS is exclusively how they communicate with their parents.

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Re:Beeper Mini is back by therein on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:57PM (#38605406)
I have a green bubble because I don't want to live in a walled garden. I'd like to think there are still youth social circles where that'd get you clout.
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Re:Beeper Mini is back by dawnerd on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:39PM (#38605216)
It’s not just about that. I want to be able to use my Apple message id on other devices.
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Re:Beeper Mini is back by hifreq on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:53PM (#38605361)
I want to be able to send messages from Signal to WhatsApp! Alas, I am not entitled to that.
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Re:Beeper Mini is back by dawnerd on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:39PM (#38616403)
What? That’s not even the same thing. I can install signal on all my devices. I can’t do the same with messages. It’s about device vendor lock in.
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