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		sevagh on March 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPh... Well, sure, "green and blue background" is a proxy for "SMS capabilites and iMessage capabilities". People aren't protesting the actual primary colors of green or blue.

00deadbeef on March 22, 2024 [–]

And when iMessage was introduced it was at a time SMS and MMS incurred extra charges, or, at best, came out of a fixed monthly allowance.

Making the user aware of whether they were using SMS/MMS or iMessage was actually a technically important feature so the user could understand if/how they would be charged.

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