What? I don't even notice the difference in color except that I know not to use the tapback stuff when I'm texting an Android user. Does the green on white actually bother anyone? This seems like grasping at straws to me.
The colours do not pass the A11Y standards, which means people with poor eyesight can't read the messages properly.
This did made me curious to see if the blue background passes - and it doesn't either. https://color.a11y.com/ContrastPair/?bgcolor=047aff&fgcolor=...
At least the blue background passes WCAG AA with larger sized text, while the green doesn't pass at all.
(Same result using #64C567 for the green bubbles, which a sibling pointed out is the correct value.)
I've only seen it brought up in internet tiffs about how Apple is using green message bubbles to "shame" non-Apple users. Which is similarly straw-graspy.
Conversely if you're a parent with a distraught teenager being teased about this, I imagine that's cold comfort.
Why Apple’s iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-apples-imessage-is-winning-...