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]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    21 year ago

    I live in the US and I had no idea what the OP was talking about. I am in the same boat as you with the blue vs green bubbles thing (but now I know thanks to the comments) and am also an android user. I was today years old when I found out I apparently send green bubbles to iPhones.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      21 year ago

      Why are you guys texting? Don’t you have WhatsApp or Telegram?

      I haven’t sent an SMS since 2012. What is going on in the US?

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        11 year ago

        I think US carriers moved primarily to “unlimited text” before smart phones were the standard. It’s just momentum and many people to l don’t have any reason to switch.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          11 year ago

          Don’t you guys get like an incredible amount of spam via SMS? It became kinda like email but worse.

          I can’t block the short numbers companies use to send SMS because they are usually using a third party SMS service. So, different companies can send messages that arrive with the same number. If I block an SMS ad, I might be also blocking an important SMS alert from my bank warning some security issue.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            English
            11 year ago

            really spam texts i don’t remember getting many of those. i do get auto text for things like deliveries and check deposits but not spam