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lam92103 said:

Shes right you know. All this has just proven that there are no technological reasons to stop this. Only financial ones

dewme said:

mikethemartian said:

dewme said:

rob53 said:

My response to Beeper is that I control who I want to message. When I see a uSPAM message in green, it's my choice whether I want to block this caller or read the message. When I see a blue message, I can be assured that this message is being secured with proper security then determine whether I want to block or respond to the sender. In other words, it's my choice not the sender's whether I want to accept the message. I don't want any government agency forcing me to accept messages or email, that's my choice not their's. I buy Apple products and choose what other products I want to install on my Apple products. I refuse to be forced to install or accept products I don't want on my devices. 

Either I’m confused or my settings are different. When I get incoming messages from SMS or iMessage protocol in the Messages app, and whether they are safe or suspicious, they are always in a gray bubble (at least in dark mode). The only time I see green bubbles in my Messages app is when I respond to an SMS text. Is there a way to configure Messages to show colored bubbles on incoming texts?

Regardless of bubbles, I’m very happy to see that Apple blocked what was obviously a previously undiscovered privacy & security exploit disguised as an app. It won’t be the last.

All incoming bubbles are grey regardless if the other party is an iPhone or Android user. The blue or green bubble only appears when you send an outgoing message to that party. So any claims that the incoming bubble color allows you to filter spam is inaccurate since you won’t know if the sender is an Apple or Android user by color until after you already responded.

Which is exactly what I thought, which is why I asked the question. I don’t know of any way for a user to screen incoming messages based on the sender’s protocol. But maybe someone knows something about this that I’ve never stumbled across. 

Yeah I know bubble colors are a stand-in for saying which messaging system is being used for outgoing messages. 

So it sounds like green bubble shaming is a discretionary behavior that some Apple users inflict upon people who text them with an Android phone. So it’s a douchy person problem, not a technical issue whatsoever. Being a people problem, it absolutely makes sense for Apple to resolve through technical means because Apple should be responsible for implementing a technical workaround to mask the bad manners of some of its users. Sure. 

There is no shame in using or owning an Android phone. Have we sunk so low as a species to imply otherwise? Maybe Android phone users should look to Elon Musk to conjure up an appropriate response to those who engage in such behavior. He still has something to offer I suppose. 

dewme said:

rob53 said:

My response to Beeper is that I control who I want to message. When I see a SPAM message in green, it's my choice whether I want to block this caller or read the message. When I see a blue message, I can be assured that this message is being secured with proper security then determine whether I want to block or respond to the sender. In other words, it's my choice not the sender's whether I want to accept the message. I don't want any government agency forcing me to accept messages or email, that's my choice not their's. I buy Apple products and choose what other products I want to install on my Apple products. I refuse to be forced to install or accept products I don't want on my devices. 

Either I’m confused or my settings are different. When I get incoming messages from SMS or iMessage protocol in the Messages app, and whether they are safe or suspicious, they are always in a gray bubble (at least in dark mode). The only time I see green bubbles in my Messages app is when I respond to an SMS text. Is there a way to configure Messages to show colored bubbles on incoming texts?

Regardless of bubbles, I’m very happy to see that Apple blocked what was obviously a previously undiscovered privacy & security exploit disguised as an app. It won’t be the last.

macuserosu said:

caskey said:

jgreg728 said:

We're not interested in an Amex partnership either lol. Mastercard all the way.

You understand that Mastercard isn't an issuing bank, right? It's a payment network. The Apple Card its a Mastercard currently. AMEX is both a network and an issuing bank. Even if the card continues to be a Mastercard, it will still need a bank like Chase or Wells Fargo to actually issue the card and service the accounts.

You understand Apple is big enough it could purchase a small bank with ties to Master Card and do just fine?   They don’t need anything from anyone if they want to.  So if the relation lead to a bad user experience and softening profits, what do you think Apple could do?  Take it in house like they do with a lot of things.