For years, reports have bubbled up about iPhone lovers balking at Android users’ green text bubbles on iMessage. Now, Google has called out Apple for designing its massively popular texting tool in a way that it says pushes customers — particularly teens — to pick iOS over Android. The draw?
Google says pressure to be in the blue results in an “iMessage lock-in,” on top of other iOS-exclusive features that foster “peer pressure and bullying” in favor of the iPhone.