Apple's recent release of the iOS 15.4 beta has added many features that users like to hear, such as wearing masks to use Face ID, global unlocking 120Hz refresh rate, etc., but in the details, it has triggered some controversy that makes people feel "ridiculous".
Some netizens found that in the beta system, Apple introduced a "pregnant male" emoji emoji, which appeared in September 2021, and Apple introduced it into the system emoticon this time.
It is understood that some of the "transgender men" who were born as women and later identified as men have fertility. In 2018, at least 22 men were pregnant in Australia. Apple's move may also be in line with the growing transgender affirmative action movement in the Western world.
However, some people believe that this expression eliminates the characteristics that distinguish women from men, and even deprives women of their humanity.
This is not the first time Apple has caused controversy over emoji. In 2018, Apple introduced the function of long press to switch skin tones in the emoji input method that comes with the system, and the gestures and expressions that were originally unified as yellow will display black, white and other colors after long press.
But some netizens think that this move is too deliberate to cater to some kind of correctness, and Apple seems to have done a little too much: in the original version, even the basketball added a long-press color change function. Some netizens joked about this: "Thank you Apple for letting us know that basketball can be made of human skin." ”
And Chinese netizens said in the face of Apple's upcoming emoji, don't appear on my phone, this is simply crazy, people feel very uncomfortable.