Apple Keeps Losing And We Keep Winning...

Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at how one of the biggest companies in the world is finally having to concede and making cell phones unironically better for everyone, even if they don't want to. Thanks for watching!
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[@SomeOrdinaryGamers]

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[@DW-nf9qe]

" Blue-Bubble-itis." I almost had to google it, not oing to lie... he said it so seriously I missed the entire fact it was mono-toned sarcasm.....

[@backyardr.c.6280]

The opening words in this might get you in trouble. Stay safe, dude.

[@thepeanutbuttercookieninja]

Muthar, do you know if RCS adoption would mean that we can add Android users to preestablished iMessage chats, or would that feature still be locked out?

[@arturchrz]

You see the pokimane cookie scam?

[@militantpacifist4087]

BIG W

[@Ollie_04]

The EU forcing tech companies to cuck to their laws have been the most based moments of this year

[@LatinaVixen91]

And they socialism doesn't work 😊

[@SLZeroArrow]

If only the USA would do the same....f&&&ing capitalism.

[@yexof3784]

Im soo mutahard rn

[@Dark.Shingo]

@@SLZeroArrow Is it capitalism per se? Because the EU still used capitalism too. I think it has more to do on how companies in USA can buy senators and such by lobbying. Sure, companies are part of capitalism, but the way the government let that happens is not, it's just how they like to operate.

[@xxellipsisxx7651]

america giving up capitalism? that's to mudahard for them@@SLZeroArrow

[@TheOnlyBasketCase]

Watching Apple take Ls makes me Mutahard

[@budderutter]

I’m gonna mutanut

[@kool2423]

Muta, what?

[@GoobHak]

@@kool2423you heard the man

[@laggedxx]

ok. Im edging to your comment. Bye.

[@FriedIce3]

​@@laggedxxi was gónadas comment that im mutaedging

[@ishopops5856]

If it wasn’t for Europe, none of this would be happening and it’s crazy to think how much corporate corruption is allowed in America if it took this long for an international product to have regulations…

[@evzenvarga9707]

Only thing those bureaucrats are good at these days.

[@yungbackshots]

Apple just invented USB C and RCS. Truly one of the innovators of all time.

[@ShogunSRT]

Don’t forget when they invented screens! and the first microchip

[@KickAssAndChewBubblegum]

And invented safety nets to keep their workers making iPhones and not jumping off the 12th floor.

[@Diogo85]

They didn't but they like to think that lol.

[@greenrryt]

they also invented phones!

[@Diogo85]

@@greenrryt No, they didn't. Motorola invented the first handheld phone in the 1970's.

[@CatCountingNumbers]

Hi, a viewer from South Korea studying in the U.S.. Actually, bullying based on bubble colour is actually a huge problem among South Korean teenagers. There is social phenomena for those who goes to school (high school and down) wanting only iPhone because they get left out when iPhone users share files through airdrop and get ignored or get scolded if they ask for such files separately for making the whole work annoying. It’s funny it’s not just North American thing.

[@kenbee1957]

South Korea....of all places? I thought that was a Samsung stronghold?

[@CatCountingNumbers]

@@kenbee1957 take my data with grain of salt bc I don’t recall exact numbers for it. According to ‘gallop (just translated the survey org. Name out of my head so it might be wrong) around 65% of 18~29 age group uses iPhone so…. Interesting

[@cheefqueef6494]

​@@CatCountingNumbersKim was right

[@NXDf7]

@@cheefqueef6494 bruh... but yeah

[@eiriseven]

​@CatCountingNumbers I believe you, I've read quite a few studies on social pressure on SK Unis, pretty sad to see.

[@SLZeroArrow]

When corporate greed grows so out of control that security means nothing, safety means nothing, and only money means anything.

[@ince55ant]

after a point its not even really about money. its just a number on a screen that gets bigger. Like theres really nothing that Apple can't afford to do. Like if they really wanted to theres probably quite a few countries they could take over.

[@SLZeroArrow]

Very much so, its scary just how big Apple truly has become, and yet they keep exponentially growing, soon enough we'll be under their rule in a never-ending dystopian dictatorship.@@ince55ant

[@yexof3784]

Im sooooo mutahard rn😩

[@crimsonshadow1140]

agreed, it’s horrrid

[@thepaywall7900]

Let's be honest if you don't have money then what do you have? Morals and integrity? LuL no thanks

[@arthurdurham]

Back when I was dating, I would match with girls that when we moved off the apps to texting would generally be bothered that I had green bubbles. I'd see if they were serious or joking and offer Whatsapp but it was really surprising how much Apple has truly manipulated people's perception of technology. The irony being that they think we stopped talking bc they were bothered or too good for me when I felt like I dodged a bullet when I almost wasteed my time and money on someone who genuinely cared about something that idiotic.

[@leonro]

Try offering Signal instead, it is an even better filter. They're less likely to have used that app, and then they won't have the excuse that they fear Facebook might be watching (which honestly is pretty fair).

[@DecayedPage]

You just dodged a huge bullet

[@xPussySlayerx69420]

that's still gonna happen tho lmao. even with rcs, non-apple bubble will be a differnt color

[@arthurdurham]

@@DecayedPage I did, my gf now has an iPhone but actually offered Whatsapp pretty quick herself.

[@arthurdurham]

@@xPussySlayerx69420 May be, hope that's not an issue I have to deal with anymore

[@Howch125]

Apple's engineers are clearly a very skilled bunch. I feel bad for them though because the sales/marketing teams clearly have full control over how their work is presented. coming out with things like 8GB of apple ram is equivalent to 16GB of other ram and "oh its not awesome engineering its magic..."

[@dewdop]

Just curious where they were making that marketing claim? Because that DOES sound like some cool engineering.

[@arjix8738]

@@dewdop that claim was made bc they keep offering "pro" models that have 8 GiB of RAM as the base option to upgrade the RAM you need to spend 4-5 times the market price

[@pharoah327]

​@@arjix8738yeah, but Apple hardware is not a fucking TARDIS! 8 gigs is 8 gigs, even if they have clever tricks employed. I always HATED developing for iOS devices because of the low RAM. Their own first party software was designed and optimized for the low memory, but that just made third party apps that much harder to get right, having to squeeze every bit of memory to make it work well. iPads were the worst offenders.

[@maravreloaded]

The reason why Apple has small ram but runs decently is because most of their devices don't allow multitasking nor apps in the background. F.e if you have an iPhone and 4 apps open at the same time, some time later the last used ones will reset when you get back to it. So all your progress is lost unless it autosaved. That's the trick behind the "Magic RAM"

[@GHOSTSTARSCREAM]

marketing* not engineers

[@sleepyboi1350]

Honestly. It's nice seeing a company taking Ls. We really need to see more companies take Ls.

[@gugo80]

For the good of the people. Brazilians have a saying: “Tudo nosso, nada deles” (Everything is ours, nothing is theirs)

[@Apparizziion]

@@gugo80 thats such a nice saying lol.

[@alau5643]

Hey maybe 🤔

[@derekhobbins7798]

All throughout COVID we seen companies take L’s most of them went out of business, and people lost their jobs. Love it when companies take L’s

[@kaydenmcintyre5043]

*Johnny silverhand joined the chat*

[@GrandMaster-Broda]

The EU forcing Apple to add these features is ironically the only way that Apple has improved their devices in the last decade

[@Haunttts]

As a apple user I agree

[@kiwi9402]

@@cesardejeronimo8184

[@rsonic510]

​@@cesardejeronimo8184Wow, they adopted USB-C! Such innovation!

[@WarFoxThunder]

fr

[@NewsofPE]

@@cesardejeronimo8184bruh, if you really think apple was the one that made usb c the norm, lol

[@ChaosMoogle]

Tbf, the technical reason for green messages was to allow the user to know when they are consuming their SMS/MMS. iPhone to iPhone also has green messages, it just means one user isn't available for iMessage (iPhone was off or not connected to the internet) so it sends a green SMS that is guaranteed to send via your mobile network. This feature is important because in the beginning (and even now in many places) carriers would charge for text messages if you went over your limit so it is very important to know whether or not you are sending an SMS. The gimmick at the time was you can "text for free" and you would know it was free cause the bubbles were blue. You are right though, they needed to upgrade the technology for texting a long time ago. Everyone should be able to use the features if they are available for use. At this point Apple is keeping messaging watered down allowing to maintain their "luxury" appearance.

[@huhnerkopf]

This was how it began, but hasnt been the case for about a decade 😅

[@CainXVII]

Yeah, back when I had an iphone this was the case. And it was pretty cool to be able to text as much as I wanted. But then I bought an android and we all got whatsapp and I havent seen a blue bubble since (I had an iphone 4)

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

the mobile plans today have free sms/mms by default so the colour racism is useless. THe peopel who support and push the colour "classes" is old men screaming at clouds in short.. old generations that have nothing of value today. Why bapple havent upgraded or changed their message system is so they stand out as "special" and "bapple, think different" .. Yes, i call them bapple, its fitting to use a childish term to explain a company that is childish and stupid.

[@whatislife6101]

Because apple engineers are actually well intentioned people who just wish to better the technologies they work on but the corporate is not.

[@ViciousSquidy]

Big correction: Nothing is NOT a Chinese company. Its a European startup based in London.

[@vinesta]

The vindication I've felt since apple was forced to use USB C has brought immeasurable joy to my heart and it just keeps getting better and better

[@Stix_Zidinia]

you were coping and seething that entire time they were using lightning, a superior connector in every regard other than data transfer and power transmission? BTW only boomers transfer data with cables in 2023.

[@membranealpha5961]

@@Stix_Zidinia this is cringe on another level holy shit

[@Puddspanker]

​@@Stix_Zidinialmao. Clown mode activated!

[@kingpen5866]

@@Stix_Zidinia The fact that you said the fact that shows the fact that you didn’t really need to say the fact that

[@thataintfalco7106]

@@Stix_Zidiniabait used to be believable. Get a life

[@realNoMee]

It will always blow me away that Apple succeeded in convincing so many people that hey have ever willfully done anything pro-consumer.

[@emileriksson76]

Protecting my personal data is pro consumer to me. You know that if you are using Meta or Google products that they are spying on your usage because they sell that pattern data to third party data brokers. Apple doesn't, because they get paid upfront in hardware sales. That is valuable to me, so I choose to accept that their are prices higher.

[@rewindom]

It’s almost like they’re a multi trillion dollar corporation

[@realNoMee]

@@rewindom That would be the result of them succeeding at the aforementioned "convincing."

[@CoreDump451]

They made really good products in the past. That's pretty pro consumer, but even in the past they had a lot of issues

[@SubjektDelta]

​@@CoreDump451you mean products which are very mid compared to other companies with way less money?

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

Speaking as someone who's 40 years old and remember how Apple was back in the day, it's not that I dislike them but it was always that brand I used to envy where it was something unique and innovative from the norm albeit expensive. I used Macs a lot in school and I owned a hand-me-down black & white Mac model from the 80's as something to toy with but even when I started working full time I couldn't bring myself to seriously buy an Apple anything whether it be a phone, computer, laptop or iPad because the features never justifed the price. I don't know if it's because of Steve Job's passing away as CEO but the discrepancy between average features and high cost is even wider and more glaring now than I'd say in the past 15 years or so. I digress but it is funny watching from the sidelines as the industry, especially in the EU, knocks them down a peg and puts them in their place. It's also equally entertaining watching them try to market or pretend like their dated technology is something new or innovative. 😄

[@letsplaywar]

exactly, because the features never justified the price. and Apple created an M2 mac pro computer tower But it doesn't allow a Dedicated graphic card and the Computer tower was supposed to cost over $6,000 or more. I don't even want to use Apple Hardware even though I know my friend has a Nice looking iphone. I don't think Apple Deserves any of my money. and I'm surprised you had Apple hardware in the 1980 but i wasn't born yet soo.

[@AcidicProductionsHD]

The comment about bullying is actually very true. When I was in high school, I would get made fun of constantly for being the only guy with an android and I can only imagine it's only gotten worse over time. That was 7 years ago

[@DecayedPage]

Back then I had an s4 mini and it was quite modern at the time. I gotta say the phone was an absolute tank. If you dropped it, it would just bounce around and nothing would happen, and no, the battery never fell out. What was weird, was that pretty much anyone with an iphone, had their phone screen cracked. The difference in screen durability was just crazy.

[@JimoftheSlim]

Sorority girls, when polled at my university as a hypothetical, overwhelmingly chose to date someone with a sexual offense charge over an Android owner. Some of that is probably nonserious, but yeah, it's bad.

[@HauntakuTV]

When I was in high school, this wasn't a problem for anyone. Granted, I am Canadian and in a city with mostly intelligent people.

[@matthewg7228]

As an android user, It can be hard when people are mad at ME when I "ruin" their group chat and they have to make a new one excluding me. It is a very clever business move but it is infuriating and almost coercive, and in an economy where so many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, systems that make people spend $1000+ on a cell phone every 3 years is causing more real suffering and misery than people are willing to acknowledge.

[@Hadeto_AngelRust]

you can blame the consumers/audience too. they know the proprietary bullshittery of iPhones isn't good yet they choose to bandwagon with it because of first world problems.

[@thinktwofold]

Matthew, why are you wasting your life with these people?

[@michaeltokarev1946]

I’ll give apple this; if I had to replace my phone every 3 years I’d be pissed, but iPhones last a surprisingly long time. I have friends who, to this day, daily drive their iPhone 7’s and 8’s. My S20 didn’t get android 11 2 years after it came out, but my friends iPhones still run the latest iOS version. I switched back with the iPhone 15, and I’m not unhappy.

[@JohnSmith-sk7cg]

@@GD-ue4ty The strategy of having teens bullied with threat of isolation into getting an iOS device from peer pressure so they can capture them long term is literally part of an internal memo leaked from Apple. It's intentional and deliberate.

[@xeon39688]

​@@michaeltokarev1946you don't need the latest android to run smoothly lol, plus iPhones get that much support because they only have flagships, no mid or low range

[@Astral_tha_God]

It actually is a bullying tactic. When I was in like 7th grade and finally got my first phone, people would make fun of me because of the green bubbles. They’d say I have an android because I’m too poor for an iPhone. Like, there’s literally no point in their being different colors other than for android users to be singled out and made fun of. Tbh, it was hard when most of the people I knew had iPhones, and even in the video it says almost 90% of teens have one and/or expect one now. Kids then beg their parents for an iPhone so they can stopped being bullied. Now, my younger cousin is one of those assholes lmao She says if she’s in a group chat and sees a green bubble, she’s blocking them

[@gem9535]

Your cousin needs help 💀

[@gamechip06]

IQ of the average iPhone owner:

[@moe14lord]

truly an apple L

[@Astral_tha_God]

@@gem9535nah it’s too late for her. She’s only ever had iPhones, only uses airpods, and didn’t want a laptop unless it was the macbook pro

[@RoflcopterLamo]

Android L Nah but actually you can just make snapchat group chats to avoid this its not that big of a deal you big baby

[@bryancartagena3286]

I've been with Apple since the 4S came out. Seeing Muta with the Fold at 2:15 put a smile on my face. I got the Fold5 when it came out & DON'T regret it one single bit. Took a while to get somewhat used to it but screw Apple, I just couldn't take their shit anymore.

[@Marco-tv5gb]

im the same lol, fold 5 slaps coming from an apple only

[@SuperJclone]

My issue with the whole green and blue bubble wasnt the colour it was because of group messaging and dropped messages... caused so much issues ugh!!

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

most people that is fanboys will push the green and blue bubble harder than the fact that bapple cried like a little baby when they were forced to follow EU rules.. rules that everyone else follow and use. Its not so far from the trump supporters that scream and cry that "trump did nothing wrong" when he broke all the rules he came in contact with including rules for top secrets.. A majority of the fanboys will go blind over time, its a fact. Cant help them, cant cry and feel sorry for them.

[@DemiKlo]

Honestly I like to say Apple announcing this 2 days after the Nothing Phone said they "solved" the green bubble problem is INSANE!

[@Mynipplesmychoice]

No it isn’t they probably don’t even know what nothing phone is

[@anynomous11111]

Today's the deadline EU gave apple to fix their thing. Apple doesn't give a shit about nothing.

[@katrinabryce]

Yesterday was the EU deadline for Apple to explain to the EU why iMessage is not a "gatekeeper" service.

[@Blackfatrat]

@@Mynipplesmychoice They probably do. Tim cook probably knows who Carl Pei is, he was a founder of oneplus for one.

[@madsmatras5691]

@@Mynipplesmychoice pretty sure they do, the nothing company was started by one of the creators of OnePlus which by now is a well known company. So i don't think they don't know nothing XD

[@TadanoHitohito]

I remember the one time I owned an iPhone, one of my friends found out and he added me to a bunch of random group chats that no one told me about within an hour of me getting the phone. The blue vs. green bubble nonsense is real.

[@anonymous5401]

i would have left the chats and told them that they're pretentious and got new friends

[@redrickschuhart3836]

That honestly feels like the plot of a Komi-san can't communicate episode lol. Bullying people for something like that is so childish and stupid

[@eliasroflchopper3006]

​@@redrickschuhart3836American superiority complex.

[@redrickschuhart3836]

@@eliasroflchopper3006 I seriously don't get it. It's nice to have a high quality of life and all but flaunting your wealth and refusing to communicate with someone because you think they are less fortunate than you is the definition tribalism/classism and vanity lol, Apple fanboys are delusional, don't think it's exlusive to the US

[@eliasroflchopper3006]

@@redrickschuhart3836 you don't have to get it. That's just my opinion, and I got a twisted opinion on that.

[@Your_Degenerate]

The Sony Ericson was my first phone. It came with a little bee platformer game. The Razor was the big thing at the time back then.

[@LordButtsauce]

3:30 i still miss my old sony ericsson... having a built-in gamepad on my phone was badass, and it actually worked with most games you would want it to. asphalt and gun bros being the best examples i can think of. having that phone made me feel like i was the coolest kid in my middle school lmao

[@johnd6980]

The way my eyes do a full 360 roll every time that an apple user thinks that androids have cameras worse than 1990 nokias just because THEIR phone refuses to accept the full quality image from an android

[@DecayedPage]

My appearently "Cheap" camera can take better pictures than a lot of iphones. Keep in mind Iphone has live photo, where it's actually a short video, which increases quality by a lot. But as soon as I send any image or video to anyone, it looks like it was recorded on a toaster or smth.

[@minecraftlord189]

​@@DecayedPagepretty sure you're sending over sms, try sending over wifi

[@IceFire1800]

@@DecayedPage android does those short videos too, swear it happens if i press the button for slightly too long

[@DecayedPage]

@@IceFire1800 Well, might depend on the phone. Not really sure

[@AlbertRackzz420-uq2qq]

Blue bubbles being a sign of "wealth" meanwhile my Pixel Fold costs as much as two brand new iphones lol

[@reanimationxp]

it's only a sign of weath to ignorant people, and diehard apple users who care about such things tend to be pretty ignorant

[@DosonTheGreat]

Not to mention tons of people using older iphones.

[@TadanoHitohito]

Pixels feel significantly more premium than the non-Pro iPhone models these days. The glass housing and the metal camera ridge looks cool too. It's very distinct. Meanwhile my corporate iPhone has a plastic camera bump.

[@serily4524]

At the end of the day its just an overpriced phone lmao, only idiots waste money on overpriced crap apple products

[@Hadeto_AngelRust]

i only see blue bubbles in messenger

[@NuRaLoQi]

The funny part, is having people calling me "poor" when my fold is more expensive than any of their paper weights. 😂

[@HauntakuTV]

Meanwhile, I don't even own a "smart" phone.

[@Ese_Moreno04]

I can not put into words why I find companies failing so satisfying and entertaining.

[@Dani_1012]

It's like watching villains be destroyed

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

@@Dani_1012 It's not "Like".

[@charliephipps8349]

These forced changes don’t really negativity effect apple as much y’all are making it out to seem, arguably will make them more money

[@LorainPsycho]

If apple were to fix it, it would burst their customers bubbles about wasting a grand and a half for a logo

[@socialhostage8534]

A badge that makes them feel better than others. Apple is a cult...

[@Pascal5207_]

@@socialhostage8534 and Android isn't?

[@DagnirRen]

@@socialhostage8534As someone who works with different phones, apple is more durable and more user friendly than 90% of android devices. The only better phone imo is Google Pixel or Samsung’s Ultra models. Otherwise, Apple wins when it comes to practicality and user experience.

[@benammiswift]

Like Samsung then?

[@gnuzwo1lk909]

​@@benammiswiftnot at all

[@fampic7133]

Imagine some thief steals the harddrive in transit and connects it to their pc 😅

[@SayNoToWetSand]

That'd be hilarious

[@ashtiboy]

and thats why we can't repalce and repair the storage drives anymore on apple products anymore by the way. all just becuse of that happing one few too many times by the way. yes it did happen enotgh that apple just made it imposble for it to happen anymore for secutry reasons back in like 2012 and onwards.

[@reanimationxp]

@@ashtiboy both you and i have no idea wtf you're talking about, because OP was talking about the hdd full of viruses, not anything to do with apple. you seem to be implying apple soldered on hdd's for.. security reasons? which is completely wrong. they did it for the same reason they do everything: greed. the second you buy an apple product apple does everything in their power to make sure you buy another one. that includes soldering on your hdd so when it inevitably dies or fills up, you're fucked.

[@pedr0_m198]

​@@ashtiboynope, that's a lie. It's for the same reason they solder the ram, GREED

[@siliconhawk9293]

@@ashtiboy that sounds like some copium right there. you know you can always encrypt your drives right ? well idk about macs but linux and windows sure can.

[@Gyrfalcon312]

I heard a couple things about the Green v Blue Bubble Debate, but never knew the deeper security implications that you set out here! Thanks for the heads-up, Muta. 👍

[@dexxtreme9346]

I think EU should force mutahar to fix the camera focusing issue.💀💀

[@dexxtreme9346]

1:43

[@dexxtreme9346]

2:25

[@ares395]

Muta, I have something PC gaming related that might be a bit interesting (or I'm just stupid). Could you look into the fact that Steam's suggested pricing for devs seems to put Poland as the second richest region in the world, right behind Switzerland? There are so many games like that, and pretty much any new game that opts to use Steam suggestion ends up with this pattern. I tried to find out how that is possible and how exactly Valve evaluates that since there is not a single person on this planet who knows of the existence of Poland and would say that Poles have higher purchasing power than, e.g. Germany, much less the entire world but Switzerland. Steam only says that foreign exchange rates are a bad strategy and that they have a better, more in-depth system, but they don't disclose anything beyond that. I can't contact Steam support about that because there is not a box to click for such an inquiry, and I don't have twitter. Since you have reach, could you please ask about this? I know this is a stupid request, but since you always advocate for PC gaming, I thought it might be worth mentioning this to you since no one talks about it. When I try to find some info about this, I only find threads from 2013 where Poles were begging for a separate region since Poland had the same prices as Germany. Well, they didn't realize that Poland would now have higher prices than Germany, and unless I slept over something major, Poland did not leap economically over Germany, and if anything, people are worse off nowadays than they were few years ago. If you look it up on SteamDB, the only titles that don't have this ridiculous pricing are by Polish devs because they took the time to change this manually. Even Factorio devs, who are Czech, and have economic situation closer to Poland than Germany, have the price set in Poland at around 12% higher than the one set in the German region (Euro region). It would be literally more beneficial for Poles if their region did not exist because the German prices are cheaper. I know Steam can just say 'It's just a suggestion' but the reality is that if devs are faced with the choice of using Steam's suggested pricing or being unfair and getting potentially less sales in some regions by setting the price the same everywhere, or researching each region - we all know what the obvious choice is.

[@Koko-cy4ff]

Damn, I hope he sees this.

[@doctahjonez]

Everybody like this

[@reanimationxp]

"I don't have Twitter".. then get it? "There's not a box for it" then choose Other.. wtf? lol

[@celestialcolosseum]

You are lucky, now that our money's value fluctuates too much daily, steam decided to make our currency USD in Turkey instead of TL. The prices are about 6-8x compared to 1-2 years ago, it's insane. (Steam recommended prices also went up by 550% here last year)

[@CainXVII]

I checked the chart, it seems like they just completely missed the ball on Poland... I can understand raising the exceptionally low prices if there is a problem with people using VPNs to buy games there. I guess they consider Sweden to be close enough to the US to not merit its own category. So I guess games are just overpriced as a whole since I can't afford them either.

[@PapaNexus]

as an android user who lives in Canada this shit is true. Was a life long apple user and had enough and made the switch to Android. since then I have used Pixels and currently on S23. I have had ppl literally stop messaging me through the messages app and message on social media instead. blows my mind.

[@kenbee1957]

Any reason you switched from the iPhone to android? ...and Samsung from Pixel?

[@Ralthazar]

@@kenbee1957 i know this was meant for the OP and not me but i did the same thing because i just like the feel and customizability on androids and almost everyone in my family is using androids which made it an even easier for me to switch.

[@kenbee1957]

@Ralthazar I am a crazy person I have been carrying two phones in my pocket(s) since 2011 One of those was always an iPhone of whatever the newest generation was and then I'd cycle through whatever other phone I found interesting in the other. So I missed all the phone tribalism stuff as I'd end up a phone if I heard it had something I liked It's only now that for the last 4 years both my phones have been androids that I've been trying to see how people narrow down the singular brand of phone that they use.

[@ViciousSquidy]

@@kenbee1957 Cuz they're better

[@Caughtintheinterweb]

I, too, am a former iphone user. Thankfully, the experience of others ditching me due to the coloring of my message hasn't happened to me yet so sharing your experience was insightful. Then again, if they ditch me, they're doing me a solid by freeing me of their stupidity.

[@kaomatic]

i hate big government but this is one area where i’m all for the government stepping in. these big companies are way too high on their own farts

[@SillyPlanet92]

One thing to look into is how third party headphones are all too loud when used on iPhone. They raised the minimum volume level. This isn’t the case for AirPods where the volume can be lowered to a whisper.

[@PomPomPlush]

As someone who has an apple phone, its annoying. 😅 Somehow my mom and my contacts got mixed together, which allows me to see messagers that are meant for her. And makes her text messages sent to me come from my own contact.

[@reanimationxp]

iMessage attaches an iMessage account to a phone number, so if you ever switched, shared, or transferred numbers with her, that's why. it's fixable.

[@electricz3045]

@@reanimationxp right, the best fix is to swtch to android.

[@reanimationxp]

@@electricz3045 funnily enough that won't necessarily fix the issue. a lot of imessages destined for you will go into the ether, and lots of people might have your contact saved as your imessage email rather than your phone number, because that can happen too. in usual apple fasion, in trying to make things easy they overcomplicate the fuck out of them, often in ways you can't correct on your own that instead live in a database in icloud somewhere. i've had it happen more than once with things like notes becoming corrupted.

[@thecextreem4865]

Same exact thing happened to me. I now use Facebook messenger to talk to my mom

[@reanimationxp]

y'all need to log into the other persons's Apple account and unassociate your phone number from it.

[@gtc1554]

Its crazy to me how these companies uses systems from decades ago but all advertise “new” phones and technology

[@G-Cole-01]

It's probably because said antiquated systems are so dug into digital infrastructure, that replacing it all and checking if everything is still compatible would probably tank any company's profits so hard that every investor would jump ship in 0.2 seconds. So they just don't.

[@OmniKoneko]

it's not all old systems, you guys just pick out specific information and ignore the rest. Usually they just build upon what we already have, you might lose your mind when you figure out that we've been using phone cell towers for the last 40 years.

[@gtc1554]

@@OmniKoneko i made a joke…. So you’re gonna allude to this epic mystery and not disclose the information?

[@OmniKoneko]

@@gtc1554 :)

[@darkwolf9637]

My text bubbles have always been whatever color i wanted since i can just change them to whatever color or shape i feel, like, very convenient since you can effectively color coat people

[@sidharthcs2110]

Next : Give some L's to those pesky printer companies who scam people with the ink cartridges

[@silvajin]

I've literally never had an issue with messaging between my iPhone and someone with an android. only time it was an issue was because one of us was out of service on a road trip or something.

[@prodbenjAMEN]

it downgrades photo quality

[@empedance1933]

no one has sent you a tik tok or meme video over mms? If not, like seriously try it as an experiment; the video and audio quality gets destroyed to the point that its worse than watching a youtube video in 144p

[@silvajin]

@@empedance1933 it just links me to the TikTok lol as far as pictures and vids go it doesn’t look any different all I’m seeing in the comments is just people who got made fun of for having a green bubble, that’s pretty much whatever since it’s all jokes

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

Same, I'm not sure if they had an android specifically, but the only issue I've had is with groupchats breaking. Was an easy fix though just moving the conversation to WhatsApp or Discord, which my group now uses as a whole.

[@indigohue9628]

Same

[@TheErikjsm]

the eu doesnt always do good things but sometimes they really nail it and this is one area where they are doing very well.

[@domena1007]

This is truly a Freude, Schöner Götterfunken moment.

[@typicpoem8764]

At my university, not having an apple device is such an issue because of how often documents are exclusively shared through airdrop, it's always been my biggest gripe with apple that there is no way to airdrop to non apple devices

[@SuperFranzs]

I've only ever heard Americans talk about Airdrop.

[@DSP-gh5ei]

​@@SuperFranzsSame do people forget how to email documents 😅

[@L6Jeremy]

I appreciate your content. Actually educational and informative

[@DenethorDurrandir]

Customers: Apple, stop being a dick. Apple: No. EU: Apple, stop being a dick. Apple: Yes daddy.

[@axel3689]

Eu will cut off half of their customers if they don't listen to them

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

when big daddy talk you better listen, a EU ban on apple will crash more than half their market.. and income. Microsoft is touching the same limit with their AI ChatGPT upgrade/change.. its illegal if you read the GDPR and EU use GDPR..

[@robertterrell7057]

​@axel3689 and the other half of customer don't give a single shit sadly.

[@chuckdude514]

Austrian painter made Europe stronger against (tech) dictators.

[@TisBoiGoTSkiLLz]

Never knew how terrifying those 3 little dots could be until I seen them not stop for minutes at a time. Big trouble

[@DJdeliverance]

Or worse when you do see them for a few sec and then instead of a message you just see nothing & it says message read message seen message ignored 🤣 then days later ghosted

[@evendur8341]

My girlfriends first language isn’t English so it usually just means she’s spell checking herself, I lucked out lol

[@AnyMEmdq]

I love this so much!!!! Not only that apple is taking a big L, but the way you are enjoying it! It's infectious and I need more!

[@DualAbyssal]

Never saw this coming. One more thing off my checklist of things apple needs to do before I ever consider buying any of their products

[@claudiobizama5603]

The iMessage green bubble thing is such a 1st world thing. I still can't believe that northamericans still use SMS, everyone else just uses another message app.

[@johndorian473]

Sms doesn't need internet. WhatsApp does

[@roastyou666]

SMS is expensive in my country; hence, most of us use telegram, messenger and other third party platforms. iMessage is also not popular in my region, so I agree that it’s a first world thing.

[@CainXVII]

​@@johndorian473well imessage does too. You can still send an sms if whatsapp doesnt work

[@EquinoxGate]

Just buy the Android equivalent of an iPod since you don’t need SMS lmao

[@Striker-xx5cu]

​@@johndorian473hard to believe NA people dont have internet.

[@phobiac281]

Took me more then a minute to realize what colors of bubbles what Muta talking about. Thats how much I care.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

its a child "war".. no need to step in. you can watch it from the sideline. Its the same as the AMD vs Intel war.. and similar..

[@duncansgamechest5344]

Looking forward to the harddrive video. Wanted to set up a mini tech lab like what you have in mind for this. I've heard of the Nothing phones before thought the concept was interesting at least, wouldn't trust it.

[@sebastianfischer429]

If I recall correctly, MMS has even been shut off by most Network Providers in Germany, because no one uses it anymore.

[@jimmymeinhart4265]

Apple's stubbornness was actually nice for me as an Android user since I could weed people out of my life that were superficial enough to care about the color of a text. I could also read people's messages, ignore them, and act like I just never saw them since I don't send out "read" receipts. Though the inability to make group chats efficiently, and the degradation of media sent was frustrating knowing that it stemmed from said stupid stubbornness. I could hardly imagine a reality where Apple actually joins into the entire rest of the marketshare to allow basic compatibility that should've always been available.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

bapple tell us that they are willing to become compatible but i wait for real life proof of that before i trust them.. bapple cant even be usb comaptible, i cant use a standard usb-3 in a bapple computer, the bapple standard require me to force the usb into the female contact with 5 kg of force. I tried it once and it polished my usb thumb drive contact after being used one time.. it was super shiny where the tight areas was.. The poor employee at the library was ready to give up when i asked her to pull the usb thumb drive out after i was done, potential damage to a customer device and that.. it was stuck that hard. Another time i took a usb thimb drive apart to the board and demostrated that its impossible to use it as its meant.. i have to take it apart.. It was both old thumb drives so it was no expensive potential damage.. but they were both standard usb-3 and usb-2 thumb drives and contacts.. Not compatible with bapples "standard usb-3"

[@HauntakuTV]

They should just have a customizable text theme option. It'd take only a few months at most to implement that.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

@@HauntakuTV a few months? i think it will take a year. Its their regular answer: We will add it in one year when we release our next iphone

[@OrganizedMess0025]

With Apple making this move, both Apple and its competitors like Google and Samsung can actually take on Meta with WhatsApp and call out how Meta is a data hoarding company all around and hopefully give meta enough of a hit to where RCS and other messaging apps take over for WhatsApp. Just a thought.

[@siliconhawk9293]

its much much harder to do that tho, whatsapp is a service and there are other services in the market so no monopolistic behaviour there. also since they are not hardware locked nothing to do there. the only thing they can say is WhatsApp is too big but then you can't be like people should stop using a service they think is good. with apple they are actively trying to lock services by hardware and introducing discrimination of sorts

[@OrganizedMess0025]

@@siliconhawk9293 my point with WhatsApp, was through being owned by meta, they are a data selling and privacy breaching organization, and now is Apple and its competitors can use the widespread adoption of RCS universal profile to take privacy-minded folks away from WhatsApp and meta in general.

[@anynomous11111]

It would take some real and hard marketing to shift people away from whatsapp. Every company hoards data one way or the other. No point in calling them out on that. Even if they started losing users, whatsapp would just integrate RCS into the app.

[@CainXVII]

I think it will be hard to get people off of whatsapp. It's established in all of Europe and we use it across countries, it's great if you don't know what a call to someone would cost. And at least in Sweden the alternative is always Messenger. I have one single person in my life that I actually text.

[@benammiswift]

The whole reason Apple never implemented RCS which is the same version as android is because it's a non-standard Google implementation that would essentially give Google a monopoly over text communications using RCS.

[@MasterFloop]

Honestly changes things for me. I love my iPhone but I also love cool tech and android brings the cool tech

[@3up3rn0va]

I am in the US and I know people my age (I am 27) where they have to have the bubble and the latest IPhones and I everything. To me it’s really weird bro lol. I mean I have some apple products but only for specific purposes like drawing on iPad. I actually hate the apple ecosystem and I love androids with how innovative they are. Thank you for these videos when it comes to tech and privacy your channel is great!

[@Vitorruy1]

here that was a thing years ago when phones were better each year now literally nobody cares

[@cyliemyrus]

When adults let memes take over their lives they start to live it.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

it usally happens when their view of the world is very limited.. its the same effect in many places and in many situations. One you may have noticed is those people who trust everything that is posted on facebook and never question it, its not that hard to google search and find out but those people never think that google can give you more information..

[@mr.dankengine]

Thank you Ciley Mirus. Very cool

[@sonetagu1337]

Thank you Cylie Myrus. Very cool

[@Sunrise-d819i2]

i'm the old style apple lover, you know when they allowed you upgrade your mac, Mac pro's had two HHD bays and ect. tim cook killed apple within an its steves mistake of being hypocrite" never let the sales team have power over design" what did you do? exactly what he said not to do. also, the "blue bubble" syndrome is the perfect red flag to their maturity levels.

[@ricardo22448]

i was really surprised when i heard that USA mostly uses SMS and not Whatsapp or any other internet messaging app. i was like: they still pay for sending text messages? wth?? i'm from EU ofcourse ;P

[@Munchticles]

Wait, the EU still charges per text? Most phone plans here have unlimited texting.

[@ricardo22448]

@Munchticles calling and unlimited text is combined clost like 2 or 3 euro, then internet for like 5 gb is like 5 euro. More gb cost more, unlimited gb cost like 25 euro

[@Munchticles]

@@ricardo22448 Ok, so pretty much the same just so much cheaper than here it seems.

[@PuszekSE]

As a guy from EU who's been using android for years... I'm like... what's iMessage and those green or blue bubbles?....

[@dogevid]

Android is way more open-source and interactive and will no doubt force apple to try harder in the future.

[@reanimationxp]

none of what you just said makes any sense lol

[@RusticRonnie]

@@reanimationxpthey were trying to say that it has more options when it comes to apparel development pipelines and end user experience. But what they fail to understand is that the main branch of android isn’t that much different. Also that most users don’t care, they picked the ones that their friends use and now are scared to change

[@Hadeto_AngelRust]

ok zoomerboomer@@reanimationxp

[@ieeee_.]

it may be an open source but the viruses and any file can hide and drain storage

[@NotTheGaslighter]

​​@@ieeee_. ??? what viruses? what files? sending this from an android btw, because ive genuinely never seen anyone using an android that has ever been close to compromised

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

One of the most surprising things to me about this is the many things that Apple users will bully others for that are, in reality, insignificant, and no one really cares about except for other Apple users.

[@Pascal5207_]

I often see more Android users do that. My evidence - this comment section.

[@leonro]

@@Pascal5207_ Android users can't even bully Apple users for bubble colours because there is no such distinction in Android SMS apps, so what do you even mean?

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

yea, "no bapple logo on your phone, you are lower class than me" attitude.. I usally tell them to enjoy sharing their entire life with bapple against their will and request. I dislike people who push money or brands as a mark of " a specific class of person".. its the same in my area, i use PCs, older and newer.. and i get people who say that my rigg suck since i dont use AMD or have the Intel 4099 card or whatever card is the most expensive. I use the same trash card that i have been using for years now, a stable and good old and hard kicking work horse called GTX 1070 .. DO everything i need to be done and its running great. Yea, i call it "trash" in a ironic way.. i love that card Some try and sell me the "bapple is a better quality brand" and similar.. not really, its a trash brand if i go by my opinions. I want to repair and maintain my PCs and devices.. bapple dont approve of me maintaining and repairing my own device i bought with cold personal cash.. The main points i try and say here is: - Dont become a person who judge people by what brand they use, its a personal choice everyone make. - Dont try and sell your view of the world as the ultimate and absolute truth and way to live. - Have your eyes open and learn about everything even if you dont use it or like it. - Dont become a fanboy/fangirl, your brand will screw you at some point. Im a service technician, i do repair on PCs phones and whatnot and i stay neutral, if people was able to stay neutral and avoid push their choices as the absolute and only truth we would have a better world. There would be no or less fights over what overpowered Graphics card is the best or what brand is the best. What brand that is the best for you is the brand that do the job you need to do in a good way, its that simple.

[@supercellex4D]

@@lokelaufeyson9931 bro got in before the GPU market went to shit💀

[@rexblade504]

​@@Pascal5207_no it's more so Android users complaining about always getting shit on by Apple users

[@rgbok5453]

I was interested in the Nothing Phone just because it did something different with the transparent shell. But over time i wanted it less and less. It is surprisingly easy to root since they decided to be open about it and not lock down.

[@arnoldtsoka9900]

You’re such a funny dude 😆😆😆 I’d like to see you give standup or “KZbinComedyUp” I think you and Pingunz0 are the leaders of that special “KZbinComedyUp” Love your work man

[@TheOrdinaryFile]

I wish Apple allowed us to leave a group chat.

[@castrot2701]

😂😂😂

[@RusticRonnie]

You have to block the group then delete the chat.

[@TheOrdinaryFile]

@@RusticRonnie I did exactly that and I block every member and blocked the group chat and delete it but somehow I keep getting notifications from it. I even asked the owner of the group chat to kick me out because I don’t like to be in a huge group where it a bunch of people I don’t know. She doesn’t respect my privacy and I have basically beg her to kick me out but she been ignoring my request to be kicked out.

[@theredhairedmenace2584]

Pretty sure she CANT kick you out@@TheOrdinaryFile

[@TaccRaccoon]

I wish they would let me leave the ecosystem I switched to android and then went out for a walk and an apple fell out of a tree and knocked the phone out of my hand Landed on concrete screen first but it survived

[@captaincookie72]

Love that the EU is just screwing with all the big tech companies

[@Mynipplesmychoice]

85 percent of teens own a iPhone in America and all the iPhone users as well so how in gods name is Apple is losing at anything??????? Apple already won the battle u dorks just haven’t realized it!

[@benammiswift]

I don't they're pissing around in all the wrong areas and legislating things that don't matter so much whilst leaving big issues untouched

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

its the only positive thing EU have ever done for us in sweden.. they did destroy sweden quite bad. All promises that would improve things got broken and we are stuck in EU since "we cant afford to pay the fines if we leave".. Never trust a politician.

[@captaincookie72]

@@benammiswift oh, you're 100% right I just mainly love the idea that they are but the actual things they've been passing are garbage

[@Diogo85]

​@@benammiswiftSo you're saying that the USB-C doesn't matter?

[@MysticMylesZ]

9:25 YEP! 100% It is huge outside the US... has been... for year! For about 10 years.

[@vincenzomedureski9164]

I have an iPhone but I completely agree, I don’t bother texting people on anything else because half the time the text fails…

[@t.ahiti.]

Ladies and gentlemen, it's a good day when Muta uploads.

[@songohan3321]

I emailed my boss with my Android phone while using the Apple Store's Wifi while in an Apple Store.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

if my boss told me that i can only use bapple while working there it will be a pure "work computer".. but i will ask for a normal bloody pc.. have to ask

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

@@lokelaufeyson9931 Weren't you the guy defending Apple because of its logo's value?

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

@@EdyAlbertoMSGT3 nope, i did dig a grave for apple by saying that "you pay $$$$$$$ for a logo and you cant use it for anything" A apple iphone is the same in quality as any other half price phone and their "upgrades" and "improvements" is questionable

[@Cloud_Seeker]

Not gonna lie. I have NEVER even noticed this. To think people are willing to break up because of this is outright insane.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

a relationship built on what colour your chat bubble is or your choice of device wont last, it may work for a one night stand at most.. You cant base the value of a person on what specific device they use. Dump that person and find someone who respect you for what you are.

[@geoffshaw2775]

In my friend group I'm the only one who has an Android phone and I'm constantly pressured to get an iPhone cause of the group chat thing. Now they can finally get off my back about it. Love to see it

[@moristory]

It's weird because between androids you get an "imessage" feel because it shows the text indicators and everything like you would if you were using imessage.

[@hgbugalou]

Yeah that's RCS which is the universal standard.

[@reanimationxp]

it's not weird that's every other phone working as intended, and apple refusing to cooperate

[@moristory]

​@@reanimationxpwell not ACTUALLY weird, just weird that it already exists everywhere else, but apple just seems it have to do it their own way despite it practically being the same shit

[@DosonTheGreat]

That's because RCS uses the internet, while SMS is it's own thing and doesn't affect your data cap.

[@SuperFranzs]

@@DosonTheGreat RCS is over 4G and 5G, but most carriers make RCS go under the SMS cap not the datacap. It's like VoLTE which most people have enabled without knowing about it. Once RCS is enabled on iPhones and Androids by default, most carriers will shut off 2G/GSM like they've already done with 3G.

[@Lucachetii]

Apple will make it out to be a huge innovation and the apple users will be so impressed and bedazzled to buy the iphone 16 , I love to see them waste a grand+ on the same phone and try to flex

[@RusticRonnie]

The iPhone actually gets better at the same rate as android phones. Apple user upgrade at a slower rate then android users on average. So if anything they are saving money.

[@alexdurain3753]

Eh, it ain’t that deep. I’ve had my IPhone 7 for over 3yrs now, they’re reliable. Unlike my first Android that couldn’t make it past 9 months.

[@Naptosis]

@@alexdurain3753 iPhones are very reliable; everybody I know that has an iPhone has either the front, back, or both sides of the phone shattered. But the little tortured things are still all ticking along.

[@ChildrenOfDesire]

@@alexdurain3753 Well, I guess if we are going by anecdotes alone... I've had my Pixel 2 for four and a half years, and when I bought it, it was already a 2 year old refurbished phone. Runs perfect, never lags and I've never had an issue with it.

[@WarFoxThunder]

lol fr

[@heyyyitstheman]

I'm literally just commenting to point out what a badass thumbnail this video has. Love you Mutahar

[@marko19914]

A lot of people here in Europe doesn't know that you can send a picture via phone messaging app and it won't be an MMS. We just use messaging apps from the time they became popular. Wen don't really SMS anymore and that already for a very long time. At least that's how it seems to me.

[@dnfi5480]

No, it's not just you, we truly don't. I don't think I've ever sent an MMS.

[@chieftron]

It's crazy to think that the color of a text message is this much of an issue. I'm glad I didn't grow up in this generation where that is an actual thing to worry about lol.

[@HauntakuTV]

If I had a phone, it'd be a pain in the *ss for me because I'm autistic. I'd want a dark background with blue bubbles. Less eye-strain and no sounds please. Good thing I don't own one of these things.

[@chieftron]

@@HauntakuTV Sounds like you're doing yourself a favor. Keep up the good work!

[@yogosapphire]

As an iPhone user, the only thing I notice about blue bubbles is that they’ll still get my message if they’re out of cell range but on WiFi. That matters in the middle of nowhere.

[@plexyglass429]

Middle of nowhere but with wifi?

[@Cer049]

​@@plexyglass429the iPhone users mental gymnastics are something

[@jmanstew9500]

@@plexyglass429Places without cell service but wifi support. I have a property in the mountains that does not have cell coverage by any providers however we do have starlink for wifi use whilst there. It is a thing people do it’s quite common in places in smaller areas of the US

[@tooshort2stroke]

That doesn't make sense

[@LickItTM]

@@plexyglass429 for example out in the woods but got satellite internet for the house. Come on dude, it is not that hard to figure out.

[@supercattelephone]

Im glad that is is also not hurting other phone makers who are small and cant implement RCS like the rotary un-smartphone

[@piratenerdz1602]

1:01 got flashbacks to Dr Seuss' the Sneetches with that explanation

[@fredrickbambino]

Apple can easily fix the blue bubble issue Having your login info on some random Mac server somewhere is a red flag What we need is apple to support RCS but we know they won't so let's tell daddy EU

[@DRealPk3]

This is just sad bro Noone cares

[@mal0gen]

i do. L@@DRealPk3

[@fredrickbambino]

@@DRealPk3 jeez I wonder why there's a whole video on this then

[@arnox4554]

In small fairness, SMS/MMS itself is NOT SECURE. AT ALL. Not even a little.

[@emileriksson76]

@@arnox4554 You are right. But a third party having access to your AppleID gives them access to EVERYTHING. Your photos, videos, documents notes, browsing history, etc etc. It's a huge dealbreaker for privacy reasons.

[@I3ladefist]

I love this guy's hones reaction to a BS that some companies do to their clients!

[@H4L0GUY117]

this is definitely interesting because i have friends with green bubbles who don't do read receipts and typing dots and then i have one friend in particular with green bubbles that has read receipts and typing dots

[@TheMostOrdinaryMan]

Nothing is not Chinese. They are based in London and (now) manufacture all their phones in India. However the Co-founder is Chinese and also happens to be the Co-founder of OnePlus.

[@SquidgyPixel]

Isn't Carl Pei Chinese-Swedish?

[@TheMostOrdinaryMan]

@@SquidgyPixel Technically yes, he was born in Beijing but raised in Sweden. So race/ethics wise he's Chinese but nationality wise he's Swedish.

[@SquidgyPixel]

@@TheMostOrdinaryMan And chose the UK to set up Nothing, Casey Neistat is also one of Nothings investors.

[@brendlowert5772]

Blue vs green bubble is a good litmus test. You should generally avoid people who actually care about it.

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Yup, if you use apple and someone messages a blue bubble, avoid them

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

yepp, if a chat bubble is the basis for a friendship or realtionship it will never last.. what if your friend decide to change brand or service? will they drop you in the trash for not follow them?

[@gingergamergirl98]

As an iPhone user…this’ll be really nice. One of my best friends has an android, and not knowing if they’ve even seen my message yet is so annoying. Having read receipts will be so, so much better

[@Betacr1tikal]

Most prolly the next thing to enter group chats (according to some individuals)would prolly like send a screenshot or photo of your iphone before chatting or something.

[@markjosephlayug7376]

Asia is not affected with these, I think. But as a human being, I know it is not a big deal, but it is concerning among the youths this generation from something as simple and stupid (just me) as this would lead to discrimination and pressure. Thanks for these awareness Mr. Mutahar. Great content by the way. Peace.

[@BiBiren]

My country doesn't care what phone you are using either. As long as you have a phone to call your family and friends and entertain yourself between breaks. I had my phone for 5 years, and its still running despite the huge crack on screen.

[@FLXEP]

Based on my quick lookup, this blue/green bubble things only happen in America (yup, exclusively America) where Apple dominate the market. Since Apple is so dominant, when someone's not using them, it become weird and contrasting. Whereas in other part of the world, Android simply had more presence making people defaulting to cross platform messaging apps. I even believe other part of the world already abandoning SMS/MMS as daily protocol (except for edge case like OTP code and such kind of things)

[@HauntakuTV]

Knowing Japan well enough, I'd say that they have customizable text bubbles for all users.

[@kabob0077]

I hope the EU forces Apple to give people guides and whatnot on how to repair and replaces parts on their Apple devices and that its effects reach back to America.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

yea, it would be the best improvement. Bapple tell ut that they "support RTR" but i will belive that when i see it in real life...

[@mnrrobinmoens1998]

This is called the Brussels effect. It is a interesting read.

[@2RG_]

Happy for this. I was one of those shamed individuals for being android. I finally caved in and bought my first apple product, I'm in my early 30s so I held out for a really long time. Hopefully Apple keeps getting pushed

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

dont allow yourself to be shamed into obedience. We cant be friends with everyone and if your friend cant give you respct for your choice of device hes not a real friend. Dont accept the premise of as*holes. - Louis rossmann

[@johnoconnor4409]

To your point about blue bubbles and green bubbles. I think that some users may just prefer their messages maintain e2ee. I would suggest that users that have this preference look into other messaging platform like signal.

[@halkon4412]

4:31 “RCS is used by 390 million people a month” compared to the 5-6 billion that have smartphones, that’s not very much. The truth is that RCS wasn’t widely adopted until very recently. I had a OnePlus 6T in 2018, and had to manually install the Google Messenger app from the Play Store in order to use RCS, and even then it was buggy af. I do think Apple could have adopted it sooner than they did, but you can’t really blame them for waiting a bit until the protocol matured.

[@electricz3045]

I guess you understood it wrong, what he most likely meant is that 390 million people's devices support RCS but the users of those devices use different messaging apps with different protocols like for example whatsapp or telegram.

[@halkon4412]

@@electricz3045 That’s…even worse, isn’t it?

[@electricz3045]

@@halkon4412 It's not. RCS is for sms but tohr applications like whatsapp, discord etc are way supirior than sms anyways

[@claudiatje85]

I will never understand the whole blue bubble thing, but as an EU iPhone user, I can confirm we just use Whatsapp instead because it's easier to use for group chats since every family in the groups has at least one smartphone user. I just use iPhone because Android isn't for me and Windows Phone was dropped around the time my Lumia 820 was needing several charges a day.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

its no cows on the ice brother, i like coffee you may like tea :) as long as it works for your purpose its all good.

[@dannyrodriguez7731]

I never even knew or recognized the bubble color was different. Just got much more important things to worry about!

[@keksauce]

Damn, I bought myself the Nothing 2 and I didn't even know about them doing an iMessage "fix". Only promo I saw were the ADD lights and whatever YT content I saw about the original. I guess marketing is way different in the States

[@LuluFluffs]

Europe making Apple do good things might be one of best things to happen with technology consistency.

[@JamJuice101]

You had me at virus bomb!

[@ploed]

Sony Ericsson ear :D , I still miss my Sony Ericsson P1 with its Dual Push Buttons to write text.

[@hiroshima19]

the walkie talkie in phasmo lmfao