Comment on Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months agoI have never heard of anyone in the U.S. who cares about the bubble color either. The only reason I ever cared was that it used to mean there was a good chance it wouldn’t get through if it was a green bubble, but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. I’ve gotten iPhone-to-iPhone green bubbles when there’s been some sort of communication difficulty to Apple’s servers and it had to go straight SMS.
I haven’t encountered any adults who actually care about that in one-on-one conversations. I have however been excluded from group chats because mixing iMessage and SMS users resulted in a degraded experience. The iPhone users were, of course unwilling to consider installing any other chat app.
I find the last bit pretty annoying. It takes about 45 seconds to download Signal and confirm your number.
I just had that conversation with a group of adults who all had iPhones and were unwilling to add non-iPhone people to a group or change messaging apps.
The reasons given were:
The conclusion by the group was “just buy an iPhone!”
And that’s a group of adults. I can’t imagine the bullying and peer pressure teenagers have to face over something as idiotic as messaging apps.
Meanwhile, I have six messaging apps on my phone (which is neither new nor high-end) and would be willing to install most others (not Facebook chat or Instagram) if it made communication easier for someone.
ericisshort@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Are you dating or in school at the moment? I if not, it might be that you’re just oblivious to this trend, because it is definitely a thing in many social circles.
fignooton@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Seeems mostly a US centric thing though. I’ve never experienced this, 99% of people here with smartphones have whatsapp/telegram and use that almost exclusively, even iphone users.
ericisshort@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No one said it wasn’t, but US is the largest and most affluent market and therefore the only one that matters. /s
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Maybe for people much younger than me. But certainly I’ve never heard of such a thing in the many years I’ve had iPhones (started with the 3).
ericisshort@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s not simply an age thing. I’m in my 40s and have definitely witnessed the judgment in the dating scene.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Easy way to filter out the shallow people not worth your time
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ok, fair, I’ve been married for over two decades. I don’t get why anyone would care though.