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?

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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…)

  • solstice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    2 years ago

    I’m not sure if it is possible for me to care less what type of phone somebody uses.

    If I found out somebody was judging me based on my phone I would seriously consider breaking up with them.

    I’m surprised and dismayed we are even having this conversation, and some of the other replies are deeply troubling.