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?
In the Anglosphere iPhones hold majority market share. Having said that, rest of the world Androids have majority market share.
I don’t think people flocked to Whatsapp because of platform agnosticism. I think they did it initially because it’s superior to SMS and it just grew exponentially to where it is now.
Immigrant communities commonly use Whatsapp in the US.
Apparently iphones are still the most popular in the UK, but I don’t know anyone with one at this point so god knows who’s buying them.
Despite this everyone uses whatsapp here too.
i heard it was because of text message cost and limits. The USA mostly had unlimited texts before smart phones but other places continued to have strict limits and high prices. But sending a message via WhatsApp or discord or etc etc did count as a text message just plain data. so by the time WhatsApp is a thing Americans have no need for it
Yeah thats what I meant when I said it was superior to SMS. It’s unlimited and you can send images, etc.