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ghaff on Jan 8, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: WhatsApp Beaten by Apple’s New iMessage Privacy Up...

Green messages on an iPhone are messages that weren't sent via iMessage; they were sent via SMS.

depingus on Jan 8, 2021 [–]

That's because the recipient of your message doesn't have iMessage (which is everyone that doesn't have an iPhone). The OP is suggesting that Apple should have brought iMessage to other platforms (Android in particular).

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