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?

  • Jay@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    European here too. I don’t know anybody that uses FB Messenger or Telegram. All Signal and WhatsApp. But maybe my people are strange.

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      1 year ago

      Same. European here, I have lived in several different EU countries and everyone I know uses either WhatsApp or Signal.

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        1 year ago

        It’s interesting seeing how people use two main apps for texting, and they’re not the same two for everyone.

        Mine are Telegram and WhatsApp

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          Lithuanian here.

          Been encouraging everyone to use Telegram. To me it’s the best messaging app I found, mostly in every possible way.

          I have no idea who uses Whatsapp, boomers sometimes tend to use Viber, some random people have Signal (i no longer use it lol) and some people also use FB Messenger.