Other Green bubbles... Come on now (if you are in the US).

[TSE]

I absolutely hate green bubbles.

If you are international and outside of the US, sure. I get it. Android is a solid OS. Some of the hardware is great. Android can definitely do some things the iPhone can't. And the majority of users outside of the US don't use Apple so the blue bubble argument doesn't matter.

But if you are in the US, come on now.

Tired of your friends ragging on you for green bubbles? Lack of getting dates because women prefer blue bubbles? Are you tired of getting low quality videos in group texts? Not being able to participate with certain functionalities with your friends?

Time to grow up and get an iPhone. The majority of Americans use iPhones, and I will not participate in certain group texts and such with friends and family if there is someone in it using Android because the experience is just too annoying, or I'll start a new group without the Android user.

Anyone else? Or do you disagree with me? I am open to feedback.

 

[MrAperture]

I have one group chat that we’re forced to use WhatsApp and another group chat where we have to use Telegram.

All because one of the group chat members refuses to use an iPhone.

It’s really annoying with group text messaging without the use of one of those apps otherwise.

I wish we could just use iMessage.

 

[naturalguy]

It’s so weird to see people upset about the color of bubbles on a text message

 

[KOTN91]

That article about not getting dates because of blue bubbles is hilarious. As someone based in the UK, it would be very unlikely (at least for the under 50s) to be using text messages (iMessage would be seen as the same as texting) and WhatsApp, Facebook messenger and Snapchat are dominant.

iMessage might be something you’d use to message your mum or a work colleague, though even then you’d probably just use WhatsApp

 

[eyoungren]

I absolutely hate green bubbles.

If you are international and outside of the US, sure. I get it. Android is a solid OS. Some of the hardware is great. Android can definitely do some things the iPhone can't. And the majority of users outside of the US don't use Apple so the blue bubble argument doesn't matter.

But if you are in the US, come on now.

Tired of your friends ragging on you for green bubbles? Lack of getting dates because women prefer blue bubbles? Are you tired of getting low quality videos in group texts? Not being able to participate with certain functionalities with your friends?

Time to grow up and get an iPhone. The majority of Americans use iPhones, and I will not participate in certain group texts and such with friends and family if there is someone in it using Android because the experience is just too annoying, or I'll start a new group without the Android user.

Anyone else? Or do you disagree with me? I am open to feedback.

I don't have your problem.

Neither does my son, a high school graduate of 2020 and third year IT student, nor his group of friends who use both iPhone and Android.

My daughter and her 10th grade high school group of friends who are iPhone/Android don't have your problem either.

 

[curnalpanic]

Agreed, iPhones for everyone.

 

[ab2c4]

The color of the bubbles has never bothered me. I wish iOS let us change the color of the bubbles like android does. I’m on an iPhone 13 right now but have used Android in the past and it was great to change the bubbles to red, different shades of blue and green, or any color really (maroon or tan bubbles always looked good IMO).

 

[cthompson94]

I don't understand the hate towards green bubbles they get the text message across and just like either iMessage, Whatsapp, FB Messenger, etc... if you want to send photos/videos to loved ones find another messaging app. If you can't do things like talk to potential dates or friends and loved ones because they (or you) dread the green bubble that much then that shows the type of person that either you or them are because that is something so small that there are much larger problems that will form or are already there.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

I absolutely hate green bubbles.

If you are international and outside of the US, sure. I get it. Android is a solid OS. Some of the hardware is great. Android can definitely do some things the iPhone can't. And the majority of users outside of the US don't use Apple so the blue bubble argument doesn't matter.

But if you are in the US, come on now.

Tired of your friends ragging on you for green bubbles? Lack of getting dates because women prefer blue bubbles? Are you tired of getting low quality videos in group texts? Not being able to participate with certain functionalities with your friends?

Time to grow up and get an iPhone. The majority of Americans use iPhones, and I will not participate in certain group texts and such with friends and family if there is someone in it using Android because the experience is just too annoying, or I'll start a new group without the Android user.

Anyone else? Or do you disagree with me? I am open to feedback.

Yeah I'm gonna disagree with you. Respectfully, if you tell people to "grow up and get an iPhone" because of a green chat bubble, you are part of the phone warring problem. You shouldn't force someone to get an iPhone just because of intentional chat inoperability put in by Apple, especially in this economy.

Language like this is why people generally hate Apple users. How would you like it if someone did that to you, told you to "grow up and get an Android" because of something Android did that iOS didn't do?

 

[maflynn]

I don't care about the green vs. blue, but I'm siding with apple on this. They're platform, they're advantage. If someone cares enough about the bubble color then they ought to buy an iPhone.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Hm. Yes I too remember being so young and desperate for a sense of status and safety that desire to belong to a group bled into a tribal cohesion & purity tests that turned into a moral crusade. That was a busy exciting summer, followed by some rough years gaining a more realistic perspective of life on earth. But its the individuals journey, and the journey is the important bit moreso than the destination, so shortcuts are not helpful. Have fun on your way OP.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

Hm. Yes I too remember being so young and desperate for a sense of status and safety that desire to belong to a group bled into a tribal cohesion & purity tests that turned into a moral crusade. That was a busy exciting summer, followed by some rough years gaining a more realistic perspective of life on earth. But its the individuals journey, and the journey is the important bit moreso than the destination, so shortcuts are not helpful. Have fun on your way OP.

Remember the good old days of Mac vs PC of people making clever content themed around Windows and Mac fighting each other in epic battles?

Yeah Phone Warring has none of that. It's just Twitter babies crying about phones.

 

[funinhounslow]

As noted above What’sApp is pretty much the default messaging app in the UK, why isn’t it more popular in the USA?

 

[JCCL]

I absolutely hate green bubbles.

If you are international and outside of the US, sure. I get it. Android is a solid OS. Some of the hardware is great. Android can definitely do some things the iPhone can't. And the majority of users outside of the US don't use Apple so the blue bubble argument doesn't matter.

But if you are in the US, come on now.

Tired of your friends ragging on you for green bubbles? Lack of getting dates because women prefer blue bubbles? Are you tired of getting low quality videos in group texts? Not being able to participate with certain functionalities with your friends?

Time to grow up and get an iPhone. The majority of Americans use iPhones, and I will not participate in certain group texts and such with friends and family if there is someone in it using Android because the experience is just too annoying, or I'll start a new group without the Android user.

Anyone else? Or do you disagree with me? I am open to feedback.

Just use a universal messaging app like the rest of the world if this annoys it. Why would you care what phone someone else is using, you do you. No need to force your preferences on others. Time to grow up and let others choose what they prefer to use.

 

[macstuff11]

Well, hopefully this comes into law...

New EU rules would force Apple to open up iMessage | AppleInsider

European Union regulators have amended the Digital Markets Act to include new provisions that would compel Apple to make iMessage accessible.

appleinsider.com

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

As noted above What’sApp is pretty much the default messaging app in the UK, why isn’t it more popular in the USA?

I asked Bing and here’s what the AI said:

Essentially it just comes down to how iPhone dominated the US is, and the fact we already have Facebook Messager.

 

[TSE]

I asked Bing and here’s what the AI said:

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Essentially it just comes down to how iPhone dominated the US is, and the fact we already have Facebook Messager.

Exactly proves my point. Why do I need to have a compromised communication experience in the US just because of someone else's device choice? I don't need to and I refuse to.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I absolutely hate green bubbles.

If you are international and outside of the US, sure. I get it. Android is a solid OS. Some of the hardware is great. Android can definitely do some things the iPhone can't. And the majority of users outside of the US don't use Apple so the blue bubble argument doesn't matter.

But if you are in the US, come on now.

Tired of your friends ragging on you for green bubbles? Lack of getting dates because women prefer blue bubbles? Are you tired of getting low quality videos in group texts? Not being able to participate with certain functionalities with your friends?

Time to grow up and get an iPhone. The majority of Americans use iPhones, and I will not participate in certain group texts and such with friends and family if there is someone in it using Android because the experience is just too annoying, or I'll start a new group without the Android user.

Anyone else? Or do you disagree with me? I am open to feedback.

Is this - really and truly, cross your heart and-hope-to-die, - a genuinely serious post?

Gosh.

Words fail me.

 

[eyoungren]

Agreed, iPhones for everyone.

As long as you're buying…

Do we get to specific color and storage size though?

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Exactly proves my point. Why do I need to have a compromised communication experience in the US just because of someone else's device choice? I don't need to and I refuse to.

Seriously?

Really and truly?

Wow.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

Exactly proves my point. Why do I need to have a compromised communication experience in the US just because of someone else's device choice? I don't need to and I refuse to.

Because it's the user's choice? A preference is a preference. You said it yourself there's things Android does that iOS (at least for now) doesn't do, most notably sideloading. There could also be UI preferences of Android over iOS, similarly to how some people prefer macOS' UI over Windows or Linux.

A bigger question you should be asking is why there's a compromised communication experience to begin with? Why doesn't Apple just implement better communication capabilities with Android users? Because there's a financial incentive for them not to. This is what Apple wants, they want you to fight with Android users to bully them into switching which in turn means more profit for Timothy Cookothy. And for what? A messaging system that isn't widely used outside of the US? Who the hell cares?!

Just use whatever makes you happy, and don't put down people for using what makes them happy.

 

[eyoungren]

The color of the bubbles has never bothered me. I wish iOS let us change the color of the bubbles like android does. I’m on an iPhone 13 right now but have used Android in the past and it was great to change the bubbles to red, different shades of blue and green, or any color really (maroon or tan bubbles always looked good IMO).

When I was jailbroken there were tweaks that allowed you to change the colors. I went with a deeper blue for iMessage. For the year I did on Android, and using Textra, I could also specify the colors. I went with a deep blue for ALL messages.

 

[eyoungren]

I don't care about the green vs. blue, but I'm siding with apple on this. They're platform, they're advantage. If someone cares enough about the bubble color then they ought to buy an iPhone.

I'm solidly on iOS, but with almost any third party SMS messaging app on Android you can change conversation bubble colors to anything you want. So take that and add in RCS, which has rolled out over the last year or so, and you have a fair equivalent to iMessage on the Android platform now.

Of course, Apple refuses to implement RCS in the Messages app, but that's a different topic.

 

[eyoungren]

Exactly proves my point. Why do I need to have a compromised communication experience in the US just because of someone else's device choice? I don't need to and I refuse to.

Be sure to inform any new person you meet, any bosses you will have in the future and/or anyone in the future that will be important to your life that they must have an iPhone or you will not truck with them.

Good luck!

 

[maflynn]

Of course, Apple refuses to implement RCS in the Messages app, but that's at different topic.

I'm solidly behind Apply in not supporting RCS. I see no real upsides and only downsides. This only benefits Google, and why help a competitor.