Is having an Android really a deal-breaker for some people?

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Is having an Android really a deal-breaker for some people? - Lemmy.world

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?

This is mainly an issue in the United States and Canada.
Right. Android is still 70+ of the world market.
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But iOS is 87% and rising for US teenagers, which explains iMessage being the dominant messaging platform in the US.