For those who don’t know:

Texts from iPhone to iPhone appear as blue bubbles, while texts from Android users appear as green.

For many in the US who still use SMS to communicate, the blue/green bubble divide is a huge source of social conflict.

What’s your version of “If everyone knew this was a thing in my country, they’d think it was silly”?

  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    It is something I deal with almost daily since any time my family groupchat shares a video I remember I’m the reason why. It’s been explicit in work -related groups too, with some light teasing. Occasionally people with ask you, “so why do you have an android?” as if everyone with a choice would choose iPhone.

    I read some research somewhere that for teens something like 40% felt social pressure to get an iPhone, but I’m not going to look for it.