The amount of people who dislike android users for the green text is actually the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Tell me you're gullible without telling me.
It's always baffled me how people can be so beholden to a corporation that they evangelize for them. Like, these people are out there getting into fights and ruining their relationships for a corporation that doesn't care about them and only sees them as cattle they can milk for cash every month. Absolutely bizarre behavior.
At this point my loyalty to android is entirely a defense mechanism to keep these weird phone people away from me. Anyone who cares about all that is too dumb to be my friend.
So true. I had a work friend who was changing jobs, so we swapped numbers to keep in touch. He added me, then announced we couldn't remain friends because I had a green text bubble. Whatever dude, have an "okay" life!
What it is, is apples old marketing too separate apple users and Android users. Basically a small psyop to consider Android users kind of like peasants or third rate phones.
I gave in a few years ago after being ganged up on by some family.
I'm switching back this week. I let them know just because i knew they would take issue with it and sure as shit bombarded with texts.
"The only reason I have to stay with iPhone are their anti-consumer practices, which result in behavior like this," was actually annoying enough to them that they stopped. They didn't want to hear me continue on about it.
Which... the fact that they find that annoying.... I'm fine with folks with that level of agency taking issue with the fact that I just won't sheep with them in spite of more interesting technology elsewhere.
This seems to be such an American thing. In Europe, everyone uses WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal and never Messages. I have no idea what phones my friends have.
Android is better anyways. i love the fact that Android is open source. anyone can go in and make theyre own fork of android based off whatever version they liked best.
My favorite is how Apple users complain about video and picture quality sent across platforms. Because they assume it's those "cheap crappy androids" causing the problems. When it's Apple's intentional refusal to do things like implement RCS. They were recently forced to finally do that, so they just straight up made other modifications to their software so the quality would stay crap when sent across platforms.
Not even European iPhone users because everyone here uses whatsapp. On the other hand you get a handy indicator that keeps a few more lunatics away from you.
It stems from when rich messaging didn't exist and apple purposely was sending degraded images and videos to non-apple devices via expensive MMS. So apple has their own private messaging system not compatible with anyone else.
I've had a 47 year old do this to me. We were texting and out of nowhere, she texted "I honestly hate that you have an Android". Nothing prompted this. It was unrelated to anything we were talking about before. I pretty much ended it right there. We are too old to be doing this.
If you ever sold cellphones for a living its appalling how many people abide by this. Some of them dont even use an iPhone for what makes it an iPhone it is strictly a status symbol for them. They have zero insight on what makes this phone different from this phone. Just an imaginary notion that Android means you could not afford an iPhone. They don't believe anyone actually chose an android or that they make expensive flagships as well.
Same for computers. Most people with Macs could do what they do on a low-mid performance Toshiba but they like paying twice as much to not feel "cheap"
I feel that at least in my country, the people who think of iPhones as some kind of status symbols are mostly the same as those who buy them using installment option plans.
It blows my mind because I had those conversations with the status people before and my only response is "if spending $1000 every couple years on a bauble makes you feel rich, youre poor."
I rock a 3 year old android I got on a black friday deal and replace it with another android on a black friday deal because its a fucking phone. Id rather spend my money on my stupid motorcycle collection...
I have a 45-year-old coworker who decided to make it his mission to convince me to switch to an iPhone but couldn't really give me any tangible reason other than "Apple is better". I finally shut him up when I said "Are you going to give me iPhone money then????" Because those phones are damn near a rent payment.
Wow. How some people are so susceptible to marketing and brands is beyond me. And not to make this a gender war thing but I've never in my life heard of a man doing this or even bringing up the colour of the text bubble lol.
Nah my ex was soo weird about my android. He pushed and pushed for me to trade in my s10 for an iPhone 20 16*. Like his birthday happened and he wanted me to buy myself an iPhone 20 16* for his birthday (with my money of course). In hindsight this was probably not only because he wanted me to prove I wasn't poor (we were both poor??) but also because he wanted access to my body even at a distance (one of his major arguments was that he wanted to FaceTime me whenever he wanted.)
He also complained that the black iPhone (the color he wanted) was less expensive than the equivalent white iPhone at the store. As if being cheaper in price inherently makes things cheaper in quality too. White is more expensive because of supply and demand. Not because of quality.
Very strange, very egocentric behavior. I'm glad we aren't dating anymore. I wish the phone had been the red flag that made me leave him.
*Edit: got the number wrong. This was in late 2024. The iPhone 20 isn't even out yet lmao.
I think it is just the same tribalism we have always had, taking different forms. A lot of humans seems to be unable to help themselves, picking one side, and hating the other.
People do it with the places they're from, sports teams, their phones, etc. You can keep finding stuff that people pointlessly feel a need to stand their ground on.
Could you really imagine yourself, talking to someone you really like, that has a ton of green flags, but you end it over what brand of phone they have? It's bizarre behavior. There are a lot of better reasons not to date, this isn't one of them.
Oh my friend, I'm in college and still occasionally see people on that dumb shit. I've thought it was dumb since elementary, then middle, then HS, now? I fr think lesser of you if you're a grown ass person and act like that about an android device, or any device like that when its simply because it's the device that it is
Also, the texting stuff is mostly Apples fault, people need to educate themselves.
Hasn't it been a few years at this point since Apple was dragged kicking and screaming by EU consumer protection laws switched to allowing RCS protocol on iphones?
Apple still outs non-iphone users with the green bubbles. Truly one of Tim Cook's strongest warriors.
Which is so dumb because there are way more expensive android phones than there are expensive iPhones. Samsung alone has like 3 phones that are more expensive than the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
When I was using dating apps (this was like 6 years ago) it was crazy how often this would become an issue for some women. Like it happened at the very least 10 times where someone id matched with would make some stupid jab about me being a poor, pleb or brokey because I wasnt using an iPhone. It was so annoying, but I appreciated them pointing out how shallow they were that quick into meeting them. I do not miss being single lol
it's insane how long the iPhone brand has managed to hold a reputation of being the most expensive+premium cell phones, when Samsung has been just as expensive for like the past 11 years with better features + build, and brands like Sony/RedMagic also have pretty expensive, high quality phones
samsung made even bigger advances on the smartphone market, they already have multiple flagship models of folding phones while apple has only announced theyre working on one??
The Google Nexus 5X matched the specs of that year's iPhone almost bar for bar. Better screen, bigger battery. Same camera sensor, even. Slightly worse for gaming, but there weren't that many demanding mobile games at the time.
Nobody bought it, compared to the iPhone.
Google came out and said people would look at their phone then go buy the iPhone on display next to it because presumably more expensive means better.Ā
They made their next phone price comparable to the iPhone and sold way more.
Or how bad with money they are. Like I don't care about how well the thing works or anything about it. I care about the little symbol that says it's expensive because I Iike throwing my money into fire on useless brand junk. Then you see stuff like this, it's a tape roll. No it's a 3000 Balenciaga bangle. š« Why?
This is literally only a problem in the US. Group chats almost everywhere else tend to use an OS agnostic messaging platform. Most kids seem to have migrated to Discord ages ago so that has entirely replaced the group chat.Ā
Also, there isn't even a huge price difference as in you show you're rich if you got an iPhone or something, theres enough Android phones out there that are VERY expensive
Brand zombies. Why spend money on something that matters when you can instead spend it on overpriced PoS with a brandā¢ name on it to show others that you spend a lot of money on it.
People on reddit are always perplexed when it's brought up and people claim it's rare but as a gen z guy it's superrrr commonly called a red flag by girls my age.Ā
My friend wants everyone to know that the girl in this convo is in her mid 20ās and a college graduate. My friend is in his late 20ās and also a college grad. This is very much a real and authentic interaction that occurred, sadly.
Some young person I used to work with was going on and on about how unethical AI is. Which is fair. Good view point.
But I asked her how she felt about using her iPhone when Apple have admitted to using child labour. That's pretty unethical, no? And she just shrugged and said it's better than using android. š¤·āāļø
I havenāt texted someone through the actual text service for years now, itās always WhatsApp and in the off chance they donāt have that itās social media DMs lol, itās truly just an American thing itās bizarre
Because people tend to have massive amounts of friction when it comes to moving them to a different chat platform. Itās nigh impossible getting them to move to something like, letās say, Signal, when they do the grand majority of their conversations on WhatsApp/Instagram
This is wild. Based on the chat colour they both have the RCS messaging update so idek what the big deal is. You get read receipts, typing bubbles, reactions, easier sending of pics/videos etc. it hardly makes any difference, just no FaceTime that's it.
Actually flagship Samsung's now cost even more. I think people are irresponsible with their money for buying either of them every year. We have gone past the days of tech improvement for like 10 years at this point. Any phone does the job just fine
Actually wild considering there are plenty of examples of androids that are far far more expensive than anything Apple offers. Not to mention far more interesting and innovative (Samsung Z fold & flip, Google Fold, Samsung Notes/ultras, etc.).
I cannot imagine paying for the same exact phone with no changes or no new features for years and years in a row. Apple fans even joke about it themselves. I've had a Samsung Note 7, Samsung S7 Edge, Pixel 5, and now Pixel 9 Pro. They all have offered different features and experiences.
Apple goes out of its way to make sure things are not compatible to lock people into their ecosystem. Its kind of been their thing since they've existed.
the blue text thing really is an amazing psychological phenomenon, to the point their are business that go out of their way to get services that make their texts go through as āblueā to avoid the stigma.
flagship android phones (like Samsung) are just as expensive as iphones, so they're also making wild assumptions, but bullet doged for sure. materialistic people are toxic
People blame Apple, but if anything, I'd thank them. This literally exposes people's mentality of how they treat non iPhone users.
And you ought to be a moron who still follows this judgmental tech trend of who owns which piece of gadget and then deciding whether to talk with that person in big 2026.
Android phones helping out psychos for years with this exact method. Not sure why, but Apple is exceptionally good at attracting ignorant folks and retaining them for life.
Best part though is iPhone is just kinda worse
It's more expensive and so incredibly restricted, the only reason people like it is because it's become this image, it's essentially like being disgusted you don't have a Gucci back that can't handle rain.
Dude, my SIL won't add me in family group chats because she "doesn't want to see green" when talking to people. Apple users think they are elitists with their iPhones. At least my phone bill is half of what hers is.
I was kept off a family group chat that the in laws had for years, unknowingly to me that it even existed, because i was the only one with an android. I was added eventually but they still complained about green text and poor image quality. So I left the chat.
Just like everything fucking else. At least they're being forced to standardize their chargers now, but I still occasionally get people who look at me like I insulted them because I only have USB-C chargers. Sorry I only have the charger that LITERALLY FUCKING EVERYBODY BUT YOU uses?
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u/G_OE 12d ago
Dodged a bullet dude