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Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’::Beeper, like Sunbird and Texts, sought to find a way to bring iMessage to Android users. Its app, Beeper Mini, worked well. But a few days after it launched, Apple took steps to shut it down.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Also Apple has intentionally made the Android text bubble less readable, so it has a concrete impact

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

how is white on green less readable than white on blue? please elaborate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

They've chosen the green so there's a much lower difference in contrast between the white and green when compared to the white and blue

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The green is lighter than the blue, meaning lower contrast

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

how is white on green less readable than white on blue? please elaborate.