Dear Apple: pixels can't kill people.
7 years ago by rwby_rose · 1718 Likes · 10 comments · Popular
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ajhedges
· 7 years ago
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I hope this is a joke
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barneystinson
· 7 years ago
It's not
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niknikliwanag
· 7 years ago
Yes it will, people will get emotionally hurt
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guest
· 7 years ago
I don't think it's that big a deal. I actually think it will be funny to see a water pistol in with pills and knives
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matthewg
· 7 years ago
If emojis have the power to alter your day, maybe YOU're the one with the problem.
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pokethebear
· 7 years ago
It's more than just that. The company that sets the meanings of emojis and symbols, Unicode advised Apple against this as it will change the meaning of archived communications that used the old emojis. This could alter court cases etc. This from Business Insider's Rob Price, “Apple is tampering with the meaning of hundreds of millions of old messages, documents, and private communications to score a political point, and that might not be a precedent we want to set.”
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matthewg
· 7 years ago
So the all-powerful apple company can't find a way to leave old messages alone and only have this apply to new messages?
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pokethebear
· 7 years ago
Not what they want to do.
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paxxyagent
· 7 years ago
I think the reason people are bothered is that a huge company is showing clear political bias (because this change is either a pro gun control thing or a political correctness thing). It doesnt really matter because its an emoji, but politics is so big right now that its a huge statement by apple/emoji
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funsubstanceuser
· 7 years ago
Anyone writing legally significant statements using emojis should see a doctor and eventually be put under tutelage. And anyone who feels this is a big deal should re-evaluate their priorities, and then be happy they have nothing to bother at all.
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