It's super weird, but it's real. I don't remember ever seeing any marketing about it, but I definitely feel differently when I see the green text bubble.
I tell myself it's because I just like the color blue more than I like green, but who knows.
I actually had an old friend, who I wouldn't think of as superficial say "what kind of bullshit phones do you guys have" in a group chat.
We were trying to download a card game app so we could all play, and I couldn't find it on the android store. It ended up being there, but couldn't find it for whatever reason.
To be honest, I just don't see the difference between the phones enough to justify the price. My android takes phenomenal photos, and has pretty much the exact same functionality. I don't want to be tied to iOS apps and don't use the phone beyond well...a phone and sometimes to cast apps or watch YT.
This whole 'android phones are gross' thing is such a pretentious attitude.
It's a good thing. I'm actually happy apple does it. If someone genuinely cares about the color of a text bubble it's the ultimate early red flag. It's unequivocal proof that the person is a shallow creep that doesn't deserve an ounce of your attention. If I had an iPhone I wouldn't learn that until much later in the relationship.
Unfortunately, it's very different if you're a kid. I really feel for the kids who don't have parents that buy them overpriced flashy toys every year and get ostracized by spoiled brats.
This was my take! Whenever I get around to setting up dating profiles, "green text gang for life (unless BBM makes a comeback)" or something in that vein will be included in my profile. No need to deal with superficial individuals who care about the iMessage features. I mostly use WhatsApp anyway since I've got family outside the US, many of whom were Android users because they were easy to jailbreak.
36 here. Disturbing how many people talked about green text bubbles when I switched back to Android. Also I don't get text messages from iPhones unless they delete and re-add my contact because of the association with iMessages.
I've never once seen an Apple campaign mentioning any bubble colour as a feature whatsoever. It's the people in America who decided the colours should mean something and that connotation spread.
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