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?

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    Everyone 30 and under at my office prefers Macs, to the point of bringing in their own machines to do 90% of their work and falling back to the Windows laptops issued by IT for the remainder.

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      121 year ago

      …I feel like bringing personal machines to work in order to do work is causing chaos with IT and network security

      • deejay4am
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        41 year ago

        BYOD has been a huge shift in corporate IT over the last 10-15 years; mostly because if people bring their own gear, you don’t have to lease it.

        How do you think Citrix is still in business?

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        21 year ago

        They could be accessing virtual workspaces using a company VPN client. Or perhaps logging into a Citrix Receiver Workspace. Could probably access a VDI environment as well. 2FA with a work cell etc

        Lots of ways for personal devices to be used in the work setting. Would I recommend it or do it myself? Nah. But it can be done.

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, as a work machine, I far prefer macs. And there’s a reason why Windows has been implementing steadily more and more MacOS features into their OS over time.

      For a personal machine I’d rather Windows.

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        100%

        I’m a software developer. MacOS is my choice for corporate dev (cause Linux isn’t an option) because it’s Unix based and has a working command line. Windows causes so many problems around dependency installs and frameworks.

        Windows is still on my home machines, but they’re edging closer to going linux too.

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        31 year ago

        This is hilarious to me because I’m the exact opposite.

        Windows for work (and gaming) MacOS or iPadOS for personal use for me.