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Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained!
Marques Brownlee explains why iMessage's blue and green bubbles matter, covering the technical, commercial and social side of Apple's messaging lock-in. It also discusses RCS and what could be done about it.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as an eloquent, well-rounded summary of the blue-versus-green bubble issue.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Marques Brownlee
- Topic
- imessage lock-in
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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A clever and nefarious tactic - makes me wonder how this can be mis-used for assorted malevolence. What about beards? Red hair? This 'tube does a good summary of it, he is very eloquent. [VIDEO]
aurizon on Hacker News · 2022-01
In Blue Bubbles vs. Green Bubbles – The iMessage Lock-In [video]For a long-form answer, Marques Brownlee has a video[0] that discusses the technical, commercial, and social aspects. [0] [VIDEO]
martinflack on Hacker News · 2022-04
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