[system16]

> This will work alongside iMessage, which will continue to be the best and most secure messaging experience for Apple users," said an Apple spokesperson.

I could be wrong but I don’t see anything here to suggest non-iMessages will no longer have the “green bubble” like the author assumes.

[rconti]

agreed, in fact I suspect it'll remain a green bubble for "insecure" but at least more features will be supported.

[MBCook]

I suspect “work alongside“ is in that sentence to make it clear they are not replacing iMessage.

I agree with you that they’re likely to have green bubbles. Green equals not iMessage, blue equals iMessage. It seems unlikely they would introduce a third color and it would never be blue because it doesn’t support all the same features.

[FactolSarin]

I wonder if there will be a third color, maybe purple?

[collegeburner]

it will remain green, which means the signaling effect will also remain. the funny thing is everyone claims it's down to quality but guessing it won't matter, plus no 8ball/facetime will still push people towards iphones.

especially w young ppl, where i think like 90% have iphones. if i had a nickel for every time a gal mentioned green bubbles give her the ick, i wouldn't be rich but could probably buy a solid steak dinner off it.

[panzagl]

Unfortunately you'd be eating that dinner by yourself....

[collegeburner]

Jesus right for the throat

i didn't say they were directed at me

[thedaly]

> green bubbles give her the ick

I mean, I guess I would be grateful to have such an earlier indicator that someone is not worth pursuing. Truly, who cares.

[filoleg]

It’s not that they would reject you if they already had some sort of a connection formed with you or that they consider having “green bubbles”to be an absolute dealbreaker. But if you have 5 similarly good on paper dating candidates, you are in the very initial stage of the process with them, and you need to narrow down the list, I don’t think it is that unreasonable to do so based on “the ease of texting.” You gotta narrow down somehow, and if doing so based on “green bubbles” eliminates 1-2 max out of 5 in the very initial stage, it is kind of a not that terrible of a metric. If it was eliminating half or more, it would be a bit more questionable.

Of course, eliminating someone for “green bubbles” after you had already developed some interest in is way too much and is indeed a trait that would make one not worth pursuing.

[thedaly]

Are you serious? You think that the brand of mobile device a potential suitor uses is a good metric to eliminate candidates?

[ishtanbul]

this is a very real and powerful force that apple has shrewdly monetized

[scosman]

Green: iMessage

Blue: RCS

<blink>Red</blink>: SMS/MMS

[pb7]

There is zero chance they’re going to change iMessage to green. RCS will be green because anything other than iMessage is “other”.