• Ainiriand@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    And exactly to prove your point I want to mention phone cases with a cutout so you can see the apple logo.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      And the whole green / blue messages bullshit. Apple never misses an opportunity to remind it’s users they’re paying a premium and everyone else is a plebe.

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        8 months ago

        Or just which messages are SMS and which are an encrypted protocol. It was the users that turned that into a measure of status.

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          8 months ago

          Except Apple will the ones that refused to allow iMessage on Android so it’s absolutely about status.

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            8 months ago

            I don’t think it is good that they didn’t allow that but it seems non sequitur that means it is about status. I like to know if a message is sms or encrypted. Just like some jabber clients do for private messages. There should be some indication of the message status. And unless you can point to Apple indicating the intent of the colors is for social status and not an indication of protocol, I stand by that.

            And I know it is hard to cut through the “fuck Apple” narrative. But to me, they are just another one of many scumbag corporations. I just don’t see any evidence that the intent is social status. That was driven by conspicuous consumers.

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      8 months ago

      Don’t they all? I’ve never looked for a case showing the logo, but every case I’ve ever had show it