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?

      • itsJoelleScott@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        You can ‘sideload’ apps, but your phone needs to check in with a computer every ten days.

        Launchers are no where to be seen. I’d imagine if you jailbreak it you could.

        Custom roms: nah that ain’t happening on an iPhone. Which is a shame, it’s the best hardware in the space, and iPadOS, for example, is currently holding back the tablets.

        Piracy: You can run transmission as a cli on an iPad.