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As an Android user why does an arrow out of a square signify sharing something? (Also why is the apple share menu used for so much besides sharing things)

Three dots being connected makes sense though it isn’t intuitive.

The first time I saw the square with an arrow I thought it was to spit the screen vertically or to connect to a projector.

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The iOS one looks like the standard “exit” symbol you see in airports around the world. It doesn’t suggest sharing anything to me.

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2 points

It suggests something (the content) being sent outside your device.

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Oh ok now I picture the ios one. I’ve grown up with both. I do prefer the android one more though. But I also dislike ios design elements.

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As an Android user why does an arrow out of a square signify sharing something?

It’s sending something outside of your device (the box).

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7 points

Like a phone call or a text?

The universal symbol for “input” on a TV remote is the opposite, a box with an arrow going in, simply because there can only be one source at a time

Two arrows makes more sense in the context of sharing

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Two arrows makes more sense in the context of sharing

Why? Are you sending it to two people?

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