'Green bubble shaming' at play in DOJ suit against Apple
Android users have long complained that texting someone with an iPhone on iMessage is an unpleasant experience. The Justice Department argues it is also an example of anti-competitive behavior.
by Bobby Allyn
Mar 28, 2024
3 minutes
Michael Anderson, a tech consultant in San Francisco, considers himself an unapologetic Android user. It's something that would come up quite a bit in his love life.
When he was single and using dating apps, discussing the color of his messages with potential dates who had iPhones became a familiar and irksome ritual.
"We get off the app and take the big step of getting into the text messages, and the first text I would get, not all the time, but certainly numerous times was, 'Oh, your bubble,'" said 33-year-old Anderson,
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