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?

  • bleeps@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As an iPhone user, whenever I’m in a group chat with one or more Android users, sending images tends to time out and fail to send for whatever reason. Also video sometimes is very tiny. In those cases I’d rather use another app for a smoother experience for everyone.

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      1 year ago

      Apple does this on purpose to try and get you to convince your friends to get a iPhone because " it’s better "

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      1 year ago

      I’m going to randomly call you an elitist even though you clearly explained that it has NOTHING to do with “the color of the bubble means a plebian is talking to you” and everything to do with “iphone users see a green bubble and they know that the user experience is going to be broken (because apple likes it this way).”