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?
If they don’t want to text you because you don’t have an iPhone they’re not friends you want to have.
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!
For me it is. If the girl is using an Apple phone, it just lets me know she cares not for her privacy at all
For me it is. If the girl is using an Apple phone, it just lets me know she cares not for her privacy at all
how so?
im curious now. How are android phones safer?
European here. Telegram and FB Messenger is used by everyone even for iPhone to iPhone communication.
blue/green bubbles
Whenever I bring those up as an example of a platform (Apple) intentionally leading their users to blame other users for their failings as a brand-bolstering move, I get a swarm of people assuring me it’s a myth.
I know it isn’t. I see it in the wild, both irl and online, like in this thread.
It’s so infuriating. I work with a group of people that, by coincidence, use iPhones. Our boss keeps sending out group messages over iMessage and I have to keep reminding him that this does not work for me. Every single time he is surprised and does not know what I’m talking about. It drives me nuts.
What’s worse? I maintain, amongst other things, a zulip (matrix based communication) instance for them. Blows my mind.
Why would your boss be sending communications to actual phone numbers and not to something like Slack anyways? I know that’s a very “tech company” question to ask, but you did state one of your responsibilities fits that bill, so I thought of asking.