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?
Just in case you’re not joking - the blue bubbles in the iOS Messages app denote that the text was sent via iMessage, vs SMS which show up in green.
iMessages typically send over WiFi rather than cellular (but can do both) and offer extended functionality like read receipts, Tapback replies (think like a thumbs up or laugh), integration with FaceTime, Freeform, and other iOS features.
You tend to notice when people aren’t using iMessage around the holidays when mass texts to Android/iOS users include things like, “weariedfae laughed at lando55 laughed at joedonuts surprised at alansmithee’s message.”
Does anyone else despise tap back replies? It’s not even an Android/IPhone thing for me. It’s just the fact that it seems like the laziest form of communication ever. Anytime someone uses that I roll my eyes. Either you just wasted a microsecond of your time communicating something I don’t care about, or you used an emoji as an alternate form of communication and I am annoyed that you didn’t write me an actual reply.
I use them all the time as acknowledgment. Do you need a whole text knowing that I read the schedule for an outing later? Probably not. A Thumbs Up reply/tap is an easy way to communicate you read the message without needing to type a while unnecessary message.
You tend to notice when people aren’t using iMessage around the holidays when mass texts to Android/iOS users include things like, “weariedfae laughed at lando55 laughed at joedonuts surprised at alansmithee’s message.”
The funniest part about this is that Android is immune to this issue. These texts automatically get turned into reaction emojis. We don’t even see them. We just see reactions like we would normally.
Though I wish Apple would just use RCS instead of SMS, which is an open standard that has most of the features iMessage has. Then we wouldn’t even have this problem.
I used Textra for the longest time, but switched to the default messaging app when RCS support came out for it. The default app actually has most of the features Textra has now. Scheduled sends was the main one I used Textra for, but the default app has it. I don’t believe it has automatic delayed sends, like the 5 second delay so you can cancel the send. I did like that feature, but it wasn’t a hard requirement for me personally.
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Just in case you’re not joking - the blue bubbles in the iOS Messages app denote that the text was sent via iMessage, vs SMS which show up in green.
iMessages typically send over WiFi rather than cellular (but can do both) and offer extended functionality like read receipts, Tapback replies (think like a thumbs up or laugh), integration with FaceTime, Freeform, and other iOS features.
You tend to notice when people aren’t using iMessage around the holidays when mass texts to Android/iOS users include things like, “weariedfae laughed at lando55 laughed at joedonuts surprised at alansmithee’s message.”
I had no idea this was a thing. Yeah for having friends who don’t make a big deal about trivial shit.
Does anyone else despise tap back replies? It’s not even an Android/IPhone thing for me. It’s just the fact that it seems like the laziest form of communication ever. Anytime someone uses that I roll my eyes. Either you just wasted a microsecond of your time communicating something I don’t care about, or you used an emoji as an alternate form of communication and I am annoyed that you didn’t write me an actual reply.
I use them all the time as acknowledgment. Do you need a whole text knowing that I read the schedule for an outing later? Probably not. A Thumbs Up reply/tap is an easy way to communicate you read the message without needing to type a while unnecessary message.
Can people not change the color?
No. It matches the ui so I don’t see a point to either.
To make it less grating on the eyes. They specifically chose that color and text contrast to make non Imessages harsher on the eyes.
No they don’t. The color has been the same since the first iPhone.
The funniest part about this is that Android is immune to this issue. These texts automatically get turned into reaction emojis. We don’t even see them. We just see reactions like we would normally.
Though I wish Apple would just use RCS instead of SMS, which is an open standard that has most of the features iMessage has. Then we wouldn’t even have this problem.
I’ve used an app called Textra on Android since forever, and it got support for things like apple Apple emojis over the last couple of years.
Now I can actually see emojis people attach to my SMS’es, and also attach emojis to their SMS’es.
I primarily use this app for sending delayed messages, which is more useful that you’d think.
I used Textra for the longest time, but switched to the default messaging app when RCS support came out for it. The default app actually has most of the features Textra has now. Scheduled sends was the main one I used Textra for, but the default app has it. I don’t believe it has automatic delayed sends, like the 5 second delay so you can cancel the send. I did like that feature, but it wasn’t a hard requirement for me personally.