> Because it doesn’t affect everyone and aesthetics are not equal to accessibility?
The thing with accessibility is that it does affect everyone.
If you get woken up by a call and open iMessage in the middle of the night, being able to read the message accurately while blinking away eye gunk matters.
Better contrast helps you read your text message if your phone is on a table across from you lying flat.
There's going to be times you're trying to read a message and your phone won't be 100% in front of you at arms length and you are able to take the time to bring the phone into focus with proper lighting around you.
If you get woken up by a call and open iMessage in the middle of the night,
being able to read the message accurately while blinking away eye gunk matters.
The only green text bubbles are for text you send via SMS. Incoming text is styled the same regardless of protocol.
I would happily use the eye gunk excuse for everyone contacting me at night. I probably find that word more funny because I just learned it and I am not a native speaker.
I still believe this is an issue. Colorblind or not, everyone probably has had difficulties reading their phone in direct sunlight. But these are seriously not insurmountable technical problems at all and the excuse is pretty weak.
I turned on the "increase contrast" accessibility feature just because it makes the green background color on those messages look nicer. Just do it. It isn't like they check to to see if you are diagnosed with colorblindness or whatever.
