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?
Weirdly, the limitations of my iPhone are part of what makes it good for me. Because it lacks a lot of “power user” features like split screen multitasking, I actually end up using it less.
I appreciate that using my phone is frustrating sometimes because I put it away faster. Big plus for my adhd ass.
My other reason is the comparative privacy benefit of apple services vs google services. Apple equivalents of google things work a little less well but they harvest a lot less personal data.
Dude, you understand that hearing this as an outsider, this reads exactly like what (no offense) brainwashed people would say, right? Again, no disrespect, but admitting that a device is more limited and somehow spinning it to be a positive is not really a positive to an outside observer. That just sounds like marketing spin.
People can use whatever the heck they want, but seeing as how I have both devices of a similar age (so one isn’t an ancient iPhone versus a brand new high end Android, or vice versa), it aggravates the hell out of me every time I have to pick up the iPhone.
Note the part where I said “for me”.
I’ve had plenty of different smartphones over the last 15 years. Most have been android.
I happen to currently be very happy with my iPhone.