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?

  • joel_feila@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    i heard it was because of text message cost and limits. The USA mostly had unlimited texts before smart phones but other places continued to have strict limits and high prices. But sending a message via WhatsApp or discord or etc etc did count as a text message just plain data. so by the time WhatsApp is a thing Americans have no need for it

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      1 year ago

      Yeah thats what I meant when I said it was superior to SMS. It’s unlimited and you can send images, etc.