{"id":1204708,"date":"2022-01-10T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204708"},"modified":"2022-01-10T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:05:31","slug":"google-whines-that-apple-benefits-from-iphone-vs-android-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-whines-that-apple-benefits-from-iphone-vs-android-bullying\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Whines that Apple Benefits from iPhone vs. Android &#039;Bullying&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgoogle-whines-that-apple-benefits-from-iphone-vs-android-bullying%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204708&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Google has accused fellow tech giant Apple of benefiting from \u201cbullying\u201d by using a deliberate strategy to make Android smartphones users appear like second second-class citizens on the iMessage service.<\/p>\n<p>The Verge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/10\/22876067\/google-apple-ios-android-imessages-bullying-lockheimer\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that Google is taking issue with Apple\u2019s iMessage service, claiming that the company is taking part in a deliberate strategy to \u201cbully\u201d Android users. Apple\u2019s iMessage includes iOS exclusive features like Memoji and is known for showing Android phone texts in green bubbles while iOS texts show up in blue bubbles.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_9299617\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/smartphone-android-google-mobile-apps-pixabay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9299617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/smartphone-android-google-mobile-apps-pixabay.jpg\" alt=\"Goolge Android smartphone mobile apps\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Android smartphone (Pixabay)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10816046\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tim-Cook-CEO-of-Apple-laughing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10816046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tim-Cook-CEO-of-Apple-laughing.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Cook CEO of Apple laughing\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Cook CEO of Apple laughing ( Stephanie Keith\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-apples-imessage-is-winning-teens-dread-the-green-text-bubble-11641618009\">reportedly<\/a> turned iMessage text color into a status symbol amongst U.S. teens \u2014 iPhone users are seen as wealthy while Android users are seen as poor. Some claim that this produces peer pressure for younger people to purchase iPhones while making Android users appear to be low class.<\/p>\n<p>A recent&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> report highlighted this situation which resulted in a response from the Android team and Google\u2019s head of Android, Hiroshi Lockheimer. The official Android Twitter account tweeted:&nbsp;\u201ciMessage should not benefit from bullying. Texting should bring us together, and the solution exists. Let\u2019s fix this as one industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">iMessage should not benefit from bullying. Texting should bring us together, and the solution exists. Let\u2019s fix this as one industry. \ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/18k8RNGQw4\">https:\/\/t.co\/18k8RNGQw4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Android (@Android) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Android\/status\/1479875457667448837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Lockheimer said in a tweet:&nbsp;\u201cApple\u2019s iMessage lock-in is a documented strategy. Using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products is disingenuous for a company that has humanity and equity as a core part of its marketing. The standards exist today to fix this.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apple\u2019s iMessage lock-in is a documented strategy. Using peer pressure and bullying as a way to sell products is disingenuous for a company that has humanity and equity as a core part of its marketing. The standards exist today to fix this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MiQqMUOrgn\">https:\/\/t.co\/MiQqMUOrgn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lockheimer\/status\/1479865157753147395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to internal emails from company executives that were made public during the recent Epic Games trial, Apple did consider developing an iMessage for Android users, but Apple executive Phil Schiller believes that such a move would \u201churt us more than help us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another Apple executive, Craig Federighi, stated:&nbsp;\u201ciMessage on Android would simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/10\/22876067\/google-apple-ios-android-imessages-bullying-lockheimer\">the Verge here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has accused fellow tech giant Apple of benefiting from \u201cbullying\u201d by using a deliberate strategy to make Android smartphones users appear like second second-class citizens on the iMessage service. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}