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I could be wrong, but I think the payment for one pays for the others. International text is one of those "a large portion of the world wants this" sorts of features. Once you've gotten that, emojis sort of come along for the ride.



Emojis add complexity that other scripts don't, mostly in the form of color processing (all other scripts are monochrome!).




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