TL;DR: Apple dominates the US smartphone market, but EU regulations may offer Android a chance for resurgence by enforcing messaging interoperability and standardizing hardware features.

  • scarabic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How old are you? A lot of this is a youth phenomenon. Shit I was out of college before the internet existed. I can’t possibly relate to 13 and 14yo kids getting their first phones now. Maybe they do care about the green bubble.

    • imaqtpieA
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      1 year ago

      Yeah even among younger millennials, the green bubble is a big deal. It’s not the color of the bubble, it’s the ability to use more advanced chat functions like reactions, and if any phone in an iMessage group is Android, it breaks the functionality for the entire group.

      I’ve always had an android phone and I’ve had to deal with shade from Apple sheeple regarding group messages on many occasions.