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?

  • @SloppyPuppyEnglish
    30•1 year 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…)

    • @FRedditEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Here’s one person in the U.S. that doesn’t care either.

    • @zipsglacierEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Maybe you know, but since 2016 whatsapp uses the same open-source encryption technology developed by the signal foundation. This means, on the one hand, that most user content is protected from facebook by encryption that it does not control, and on the other hand that the signal app (also made by the signal foundation) is a readily-available replacement for whatsapp when people are ready to switch.

      • @SloppyPuppyEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I would use signal, problem is nobody else uses it around me. Telegram is used more. But sgnal not all :(

        Also, I do know that facebook traces whatsapp messages for ads. But I think its based on a table of keywords stored on the phone itself.

        • @zipsglacierEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Yeah, you have to wait until other people are ready to switch. I just mention signal each time one of my friends complains about Facebook owning Whatsapp, and eventually some of them switch. I don’t know that about the ads, but I guess I’m not surprised.