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?

  • Infinity13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I don’t care much about iMessage. All the people I know who are not an iPhone users use facebook messenger and cry about how bad quality sending pictures and videos are. But do nothing to change that. Thats the problem. I was going though hell to convince my girlfriend to use Signal to chat with me. Because she is an Android user. I hate FB, Insta, WhatsApp and all that stuff.

    • Lifetrip@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I’ve been looking for a while for an app to switch to. All those messenger apps sucks so much. They all seems to be going to shit everyday we use them.

      Should I try Signal ?

      • Infinity13@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I like it the most. You can argue if its privacy friendly, but i like the fact that it doesnt collect data linked to me as Apple App Store shows. Then check whatsapp or fb messenger how much your data it collects.

        • Lifetrip@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, that’s a problem with Meta and Alphabet. Everything collects so much data. I pretty much disconnected myself from Google (at least, the most I can with an Android phone and a gmail address). I’m always looking for ways to do better.

          Facebook and Messenger is a pain to uninstall with all the people using it. That’s like my only link with some family member.