[sharperguy]

"But I came crawling back to iOS because I'm weak and the orange iPhone was pretty and the Pixel 10 was boring and I caved to the blue bubble pressure. But the keyboard on this beautiful phone is worse than ever. "

I don't understand. What could Apple possibly have that is better than a working device?

[rkuykendall-com]

"blue bubble" here is undersold. It means Apple has anti-competitively broken the experience of speaking with loved ones on purpose if you leave their ecosystem.

[sharperguy]

As a European it's hard for me to comprehend the influence that iMessage has on the US.