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by ewild 14 days ago
What about the kids they intentionally get driven to suicide by keeping the blue bubbles for no other reason than child indoctrination due to bullying from other kids.
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Sounds like a societal and parenting problem that Apple has nothing to do with.
My first reaction was that it was ridiculous, or at least hysterically framed. But the claim is that the whole point of the bubble colour thing, from Apple's perspective, is to take advantage of status games among (largely) kids. If that's true, then it's probably fair to hold Apple partially responsible for the predictable negative consequences. I'd be surprised if something so silly was actually decisive in the worst cases, but I guess if this is playing out among millions of kids, it may be having outsized effects occasionally.
Sure, so now because kids are dicks, I shouldn't be able to tell what's a iMessage and what is an SMS?
I suppose companies like Nike are to blame for putting their logo on things as well.
People are raised by their environment.
These are quite heavy accusations. Do you have a source for your claim that this was the intention?
You ok bro?
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