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The bubbles are such a stupid status symbol.

I hate the conspiracy theory that Apple did it intentionally to make iPhone users hate Android. The original iPhone had all green bubbles. The blue was only to differentiate.

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Of course they are, but Apple loves status symbols. To a large extent they are a fashion company as well as a tech company. For example the constantly rotating design or Animoji. (only available on the expensive model of course!)

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