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I think people wouldn't mind the green bubble if it had a good contrast ratio.

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.

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.

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.

On the Beeper website it sayss they use "blue bubble" to refer to iMessage.

It’s not just about that. I want to be able to use my Apple message id on other devices.

I want to be able to send messages from Signal to WhatsApp! Alas, I am not entitled to that.

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.