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?

  • Lazylazycat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I think this must be a cultural thing because no one in the UK sends SMS messages. Everyone just uses WhatsApp or signal or telegram. I’m android and have literally never had anyone mention the colour of my bubble. I didn’t know this was a thing!

      • Ricaz@lemmy.world
        0·
        2 years ago

        I use SMS in Denmark with people I don’t know personally. Apps like Telegram or WhatsApp aren’t common here (yet) unfortunately.

        Everyone has Facebook and uses Messenger. The absolute worst of all the choices…

    • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, this is definitely a US-centric thing. Almost nobody I know (UK) uses SMS as their default, it’s usually the last resort before just ringing the person.

  • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    It is a pain in group chats. That one green bubble means the chat falls back to basic text. That means I effectively cannot send a video (possible, but unusable quality).

    At that point I would rather use something like WhatsApp. Which is fine if everyone in the group has it. At least it is cross platform.

    But I am seriously considering buying my sister, who has a cheap husband, an iPhone just so she does not mess up a family group chat.

  • alexius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    The OS of people’s phone isn’t relevant at all in my social circles. I don’t even know who’s using what. The whole green bubble stigma is an extremely American thing. Everyone else moved away from the default messages app at least a decade ago. I only get some 2FAs there.

    I know for sure that I bought Whatspp in 2010. It was a paid app back them.

  • angrymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Let me guess, you are from the United States? Every time I heard about this is only from the US, never see anyone outside giving a single fuck about that.
    Also, do you really wanna be friend with someone that choose friendship by the phone their friend uses? Wtf

  • Mando@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    iPhone user Most of the world uses Whatsapp, so this is a non issue for me

  • neobunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    It’s bewildering to me how this continues to be an issue only in the US, the rest of the world figured out this problem around 2010, and I’m not kidding. It’s like you guys are still arguing about Beta vs VHS in 2023

  • FxtrtTngoWhisky@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    If you think you’re better than me because you have an iPhone and I run an Android, I don’t want to talk to you anyway.

    People are so fucking petty and elitist over the dumbest fucking things.

  • SloppyPuppy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    so the whole world uses mostly whatsapp or some other messaging app. nobody not in the US gives a damn about the color of the bubble or even knows whats the device on the other side. we all use whatsapp its much better in any way possible (except that it belongs to facebook, that is bad… anyway we were there before it belonged to facebook, so…)

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

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

    I think this is one of the most ridiculous, cringe-worthy things I have read in a long ass time.

    I also have to say that I have no idea how anyone puts up with iphones. I have both and the iphone experience from a UI perspective is just awful. Yeah, the screen is nice, the battery life is good, the camera is excellent, but holy crap is this phone infuriating to use. You can get Android phones with just as nice hardware, but then you don’t need to deal with that terrible iOS user interface. How is this such a popular device, I will never understand it.

    Also, why the FUCK is the iphone so goddamn heavy?! It is smaller than my Samsung and noticeably heavier in my pocket. Just everything about this device is annoying.

  • Froody@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    People that buy Apple are some of the most superficial beings on this planet.

    Who gives a fuck about text bubbles?

    Find friends that aren’t so shallow.

  • IverCoder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    If your “friends” make so much fuss over text bubbles, probably the best course of action is to find better friends.