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Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained!

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Marques Brownlee explains the technical, commercial, and social aspects of Apple's iMessage lock-in and the role of RCS.

Why people can't stop using the iPhone. And what should be done about it. Links/sources: The Ecosystem: Explained youtu.be/KB4_WIPE7vo Horror stories with blue vs green bubbles: wsj.com/articles/why-apples-imessage-is-winning-teens-dread-… Explaining Google's involvement with RCS: androidpolice.com/googles-rcs-drama-with-apple-explained/?ut… Most popular messaging apps: statista.com/statistics/258749/most-popular-global-mobile-me… Apple's emails about iMessage lock-in: theverge.com/2021/4/9/22375128/apple-imessage-android-ecosys… Apple violating their own guidelines with green bubbles: medium.com/@_sdc/how-apple-taught-its-users-to-hate-android-… MKBHD Merch: shop.MKBHD.com Tech I'm using right now: amazon.com/shop/MKBHD Playlist of MKBHD Intro music: goo.gl/B3AWV5 ~ twitter.com/MKBHD instagram.com/MKBHD facebook.com/MKBHD

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What people say. Recommended as a clear summary of the technical and social dynamics behind Apple's iMessage lock-in.

aurizonon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Blue Bubbles vs. Green Bubbles – The iMessage Lock-In [video]”

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. link to this video
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On “Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years”

For a long-form answer, Marques Brownlee has a video0 that discusses the technical, commercial, and social aspects. 0 link to this video
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max_on Hacker News • Mentions

On “Ask HN: Why did the iPhone win over Windows phones?”

Because the angle of the iPhone was not to be pragmatic or cheap. The value proposition of something is not in what it already has in comparison to other items, but in what it offers that other items don't. Let's talk about programming languages for example. In APL 1 there are no loops, no keywords, but that is not the value proposition of APL. It's value comes from the fact that you can think about complex programs very effectively and write complex programs in very short statements in a quick amount of time. Let's also talk about luxury brands like Louis Vuitton bags/shirts. It's not that the buyers get those bags/shirts at 10x - 100x the price of a normal bag because they are stupid. Th…
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