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[–] EvokerKing@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They never killed them, they were always stickers not emojis so they aren't used as much. You can still use them through Gboard.

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

Sorry, but that just isn't true at all. They used blobs for emojis in Android for several years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blob_emoji

[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

That's wrong. You seem to be very young to not remember them as emojis

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago