• almar_quigley@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Why is this a thing? I like iMessage but is there a reason people are trying to force their way into the protocol or whatever? Just to show blue or is there something unique to iMessage that no one else has?

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOP
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      11 months ago

      iMessage chats are supposedly horribly broken for people participating over SMS. It got so bad in the US that teenagers treat it as a status symbol too.

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        11 months ago

        Adding to this, people in the US in general treat the blue message bubbles as a status symbol.

        We’re also apparently the largest userbase of iMessage, whereas the rest of the world has more sense to use third-party apps to talk to family and friends from around the world.