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?

  • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.oneEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    I can see why people would be annoyed. Y family is heavily invested in the Apple/iCloud side of things. And having all our phones work together in the same environment is so much less of a headache vs. a mix of apple, android.

    • Maor @lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Idk why you’re downvoted, you’re right. I mean, I know why you’re downvoted – they aren’t able to separate the corporation trying their hardest to lock people into their walled garden from the corporation’s victims (in lack of a less dramatic word 🫠)

      • wheelie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Even the attempt to do that is why I left and will never go back. Iphone parental controls for example you can’t control your kids phone without another iphone or mac.

        • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Try enrolling in MLS season pass without an apple device. It’s extremely difficult and I think only done otherwise with itunes which requires Mac or windows.

          How can this 3 trillion dollar company not let you do all this shit via a simple webpage?

          • wheelie@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I’m sure you know this already but it’s to lock you into their ecosystem, seems like they go one step further and actively exclude non apple users. A simple webpage is exactly what they don’t want because that means they can use the service on a generic device. Think I’ll stay outside of that ecosystem.