I think the real change is not to care. The implications of red tribe v blue tribe don't scare as much as the actuality of what lies underneath.<p>What lies underneath is the rather stupid "I can't send emoji how you do, so I will send a plaintext which says<p><pre><code> <the other person said> "what you said" with a smiley face next to it
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as literal text.<p>Green v Blue, is trivialising an underlying technical problem. Apples decision is not respecting how sensible interoperability is meant to work.