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?
Whenever I bring those up as an example of a platform (Apple) intentionally leading their users to blame other users for their failings as a brand-bolstering move, I get a swarm of people assuring me it’s a myth.
I know it isn’t. I see it in the wild, both irl and online, like in this thread.
It’s so infuriating. I work with a group of people that, by coincidence, use iPhones. Our boss keeps sending out group messages over iMessage and I have to keep reminding him that this does not work for me. Every single time he is surprised and does not know what I’m talking about. It drives me nuts.
What’s worse? I maintain, amongst other things, a zulip (matrix based communication) instance for them. Blows my mind.
Why would your boss be sending communications to actual phone numbers and not to something like Slack anyways? I know that’s a very “tech company” question to ask, but you did state one of your responsibilities fits that bill, so I thought of asking.
It’s a small organisation and it’s an uphill battle to train them communications etiquette. It’s one of the reasons I implemented zulip (a slack alternative).
But the field we’re in is not tech, making it difficult for people to adapt.