I asked if people chose iPhone for the blue bubbles elsewhere a couple days ago, and while there was some good discourse on that post, the blue bubbles definitely also came up as a reason.

In my experience, when people find out my texts are green, they oftentimes would rather switch to a different platform altogether like Instagram or just not text at all.

Is this actually a deal-breaker in friendships out there?

  • Bob@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    It’s because of you have a green bubble, none of the iMessage features will work, so it’s better to use another, more feature rich platform to communicate.

    I get that some teenagers or whatever make a big deal out of it but that’s all it is really. I have an iPhone and I use discord to talk to my friends who have Android phones. It’s never been a problem.

    • Veltoss@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      I wish those people understood the full history of Apple making every effort of creating this problem on purpose to create this effect. They’ve done everything in their power to stop any standard being introduced between the OSes and to introduce features that create this “iPhone vs others” clique bullshit.

      Yet these kids and even adults act like it’s an android problem. I hate how corporations always win like this, they know exactly how to manipulate people and it works.

      • Kerrangutan@lemmy.oneEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        What pisses me off the most about apple is their “hey look at this new feature” shtick, bitch please, we’ve had XYZ feature for years.

      • Bob@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, it sucks. I wish there was a third (viable) option, because the only reason I have an iPhone is that my only other option is Android, and I fucking hate Google. I know there are de-googlified versions of Android but I’m really not comfortable doing that (not because I don’t trust them but because I don’t trust myself not to completely fuck it up and brick my phone). I fear there will never be another option though.

    • dismalnow@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s more like a litmus test, imo.

      Several teenagers-in-adult-bodies use the incredibly minor inconvenience of green bubbles as class posturing - which is the kind of mindset that I will go out of my way to avoid.

      Or, for a small sum, you can either strengthen or wholly dissolve your relationship. A net win either way.