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.worksEnglish
      10·
      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.

      • lamlamlam@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

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

        • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          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

          • zikk_transport2@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            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.

    • Rayleigh@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      European and I hardly know people who still have a FB account, let alone use the messenger. Here everyone uses Whatsapp or Signal

      • MartinXYZ@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Im not the person you replied to but I’m from Denmark and WhatsApp isn’t very common here (at least not with people I know). most mobile subscriptions here include free texting and otherwise many people just use FB Messenger.

        Edit: clarification