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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?

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[-] FxtrtTngoWhisky@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I use Telegram for videos also. RCS on Android has been pretty great and image quality hasn't been an issue.

[-] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I don’t think you can use RCS unless both of you are on android though. So isn’t it reasonable to ask to use telegram or some other messaging all if you don’t both have the same platform?

[-] Knightfall@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Correct, RCS is only for Android. Right now it's limited to Google Messages app and Samsung's default texting app.

My wife has an iPhone and I run Android. Been that way for a decade or more now. Never an issue for her what colour my texts were.

And these days we use Telegram. Signal, FB Messenger, WhatsApp... There are dozens of chat apps out there that work cross-platform easily.

[-] FxtrtTngoWhisky@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but that isn't the issue that's being discussed. Unless I'm reading this whole thing wrong, this has more to do with people excluding others, WHOLLY, because they don't have an iPhone.

[-] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The op is conflating two different things weirdly.

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.

I totally understand wanting to move the conversation to a different platform or format.

The last line about it being a friendship dealbreaker is weird though.

[-] FxtrtTngoWhisky@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Last line and title are the same.

[-] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Now you’re just being pedantic. Both points were made. I was talking about one of them.

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