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?

    • @NecromnomiconEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      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.

      • @improvisedbuttplugEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        I mean considering that iPhones have ~50% market share in the US. You can just as much say iMessage is the standard.

        Factor in the other messenger services and SMS is probably a pretty small slice of the current text messaging landscape

        • @WhoRogerEnglish
          1•2 years ago

          Sms group chats just sends an mms.