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?
I think it’s mostly an US thing. The rest of the world has moved away from SMS.
It’s mostly a US thing because Android is the standard pretty much everywhere except the US.
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that’s because other countries have affordable data & available wifi…
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Lol not true
this is definitely not true.
Android makes up over 70% of the global phone market, what’s not true?
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It definitely is true.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/272698/global-market-share-held-by-mobile-operating-systems-since-2009/
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…
I would never install any of the Meta shit apps no matter what. I quit FB in 2017 and never looked back
I’ve tried many times to convert my non-techy friends but it’s impossible.
It’s hard to argue with “literally everyone I know uses Messenger”.
Well i went the hard route of just uninstalling Whatsapp and FB, they know how to reach me and can call if need to be.
A big advantage is i can get excited when they show me their vacation pics again and its not the i have already seen those pics on insta/fb.
Its a bold move and you may feel a bit left out ( i felt like that) but over time you get used to it and it feels kinda relaxing
US haven’t moved away from Imperial either 😂
Americans please
SMS is also basically free in several places, so there’s that.
also the case here. but why bother with old crappy sms wen you got 3g,4g and 5g?