Beeper Mini made Android users blue bubbles. Apple shut it down after only a few days.

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.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•10 months ago

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

    • @scidoodleEnglish
      2•10 months ago

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

    • @scidoodleEnglish
      2•10 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]English
        3•10 months 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