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?

  • vzq@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 年前

    I was about to say. Over here 90% of text communications are over WhatsApp. That’s a huge problem for a variety of reasons, but everyone is green bubble.

    • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 年前

      It’s weird to say but I’d much rather us keep doing this stupid SMS thing before jumping into bed with anything Meta.

      Now matrix or signal or something? Sign me up.

    • samuelinox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 年前

      Same, I don’t think I ever sent an SMS since I got a smartphone. I also agree that relying on WhatsApp for communication isn’t the best, which is why I’m trying to gradually push myself out of there to move towards a more privacy focused messaging apps, knowing full well that I may be cutting off myself from a lot of people.

      • Necromnomicon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 年前

        In the US SMS is still the standard, it’s infuriating. Phones are starting to switch to RCS. I’ve tried a bunch of times to convert my core group of friends to Signal and it’s like talking to a brick wall.