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

https://lemmy.world/post/1277185

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?

I’ve had an iPhone for a long time and I’ve never got a person sending me a SMS. All I get are automatic messages about deliveries and stuff. I guess iMessage is more a thing in the USA?
Most of the world uses Android. The fetish for Apple is a pretty uniquely American thing.
and my generation (from early 90s at least) mostly use discord or whatsapp. not even imessage and thing.
Yeah, I’ve never even heard of anyone using imessages here in Finland. It’s mostly Discord or Whatsapp like you said and then maybe Teams for work and Signal with those few more tech savy friends.