So Apple has done real emoji Tapback-style reactions...

...for collaborative playlists in iOS 17.3 🙃

Can we have these in iMessage too, please?

Three smartphones display a music player interface with the song Serpentine Prison by Matt Berninger playing, showing different screen states including an emoji keyboard and animated emojis.

Hard to overstate how pointed this feels after all the consternation about emojis/tapbacks in Messages. Hopefully the Messages team will get the (heh) message that this is a way better solution.