Android gives in to pressure and adapts gun emoticon
For the next Android OS, the gun emoji will be changed to a water gun. Emojipedia is already showing a preview of what the new emoji will look like. With this action, Google is following in the footsteps of Apple, that already changed the gun emoji in 2016.
During the 2016 IOS 10 introduction, Apple changed the gun emoji to a green water gun. Officially, they didn't want to make a political statement, but insiders say that it's a way of protesting against the widespread shootings in the US past couple of years. Months later, Twitter, WhatsApp and Samsung announced they would change to water guns as well.
The graph below gives a clear overview of the gun emoji evolution since 2013.
Source: VRT News
Wow, Orwell would have to be impressed by that, lets turn our language into a bunch of pictures and then eliminate all of those that don't express "acceptable" ideas, then people don't have to worry about things that are not acceptable to Google or Apple.
1984
I like how Microsoft made their gun more realistic. That must be how Internet Explorer kills people.
I loved that book, very heavy theme he creates, but Orwell was a true visionary avant la lettre. You should certainly read 'The Circle' from Dave Eggers, a modern day version of 1984.
In terms of message, a water gun is still a gun, so does this change really accomplish anything—beyond giving a graphic artist a few extra bucks? Ah well, interesting to watch as they all dance. The more interesting part of this story is that everyone seems to be following Apple's lead. I wonder how long this Apple dominance will last.
In Dutch we have this saying 'For money, the bear will dance' ;)
Give me a break. Banning cartoon guns?...
Not sure if Google is authentically choosing sides here, or just felt pressured because competitors are doing it.
curiosa informacion amigo, por lo visto microsoft y facebook se resisten.
jaja, si es un infografico extraño pero interesante. Creo que Facebook y MS lo cambiaran en los proximos 6 meses tambien ;) Para léer mas sobre los emojis, visita https://emojipedia.org/
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