It’s kind of amazing it works. I’m not clean bubble anymore.

Has anyone else tried this?

Freaking brilliant.

    • bulwark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      134·
      11 months ago

      Only Apple fanboys care. I’ve heard from them that green bubbles are for poor people. It’s kinda funny they how brainwashed some of them are. Although I will concede that SMS sucks compared to Apple’s and the equivalent apps on android are to fractured for consistency.

      • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        83·
        11 months ago

        Only Apple fans caring seems to me a paradox. If that were the case no such Android application would exist.

      • Eggyhead@kbin.social
        3·
        11 months ago

        I’ve been using iOS for 15-20 years and have never heard anyone talk about bubbles. In fact, everyone I know has a 3rd party client installed to ensure chatting acrosd platforms is easy. If someone is giving you crap about the color of a bubble you don’t actually see on Android, they probably just don’t like you and are using the bubble as an excuse. They’re not worth your time. (Or they’re just joking around.)

        It’s just strange to me that Android users have such a need to fix a thing that only apple users notice, and only Apple fanboys might actually care about.

      • ripcord@kbin.social
        2·
        11 months ago

        It bugs me (and is sometimes problematic which is largely why it bugs me) when messages send via SMS instead of RCS on Android too.

        I know it’s cool to hate on Apple and their users though, damn sheep.

        Also I’m skeptical anyone who wasn’t trolling actually said it was for poor people. That sounds like something something would just say about Apple fanboys. Although if they did say that and you were in person I hope you slapped them in the face.

    • pc486@reddthat.comEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      A friend of mine explained why it’s important to his kids: they can’t chat with a group of their friends.

      Why? Because parents don’t want to install WhatsApp or other group chats due to legitimate concerns about scammers, pedophiles, and other child predators. SMS chat fills that gap, but it breaks horribly for groups bigger than 10 people. Hence if some kid is on Android, they break their chat. Given the penetration of Apple devices, it’s the kids with Android who are considered at-fault. “Just get an iPhone!”

      Welcome to anticompetitive practices targeted at your children.

    • Matt@lemdro.idEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      It’s not about the color. It’s about not destroying photo and video quality or breaking messages into multiple parts and sending them out of order.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      33·
      11 months ago

      Sigh.

      Again, because it indicates the quality of the connection and degraded functionality on iPhone. It makes group chats less functional.

      So to Apple users it’s an easy way to see it’s going to frustrating to deal with.

      • Eggyhead@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        Huh. When I communicate with Android friends, I just don’t use iMessage to make sure communication is solid. That’s an Apple problem as far as I’m concerned, but good on Android users for finding a way to make things a little nicer for Apple users I guess.

      • ripcord@kbin.social
        36·
        11 months ago

        No it’s apparently everyone is stupid but Apple users are extra stupid and anyone who says otherwise is a shill

      • Eggyhead@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        By taking excellently processed photographs and sharing them on social media. At least that’s what I’d do!

  • kpw@kbin.social
    121·
    11 months ago

    Imagine someone cares more about the color of their bubble than proper end-to-end encryption.

      • PhillyCodeHound@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Yea I just cancel my trial cuz I’m not going to use this I was excited to hear about it but still not going to use it. Not big enough a deal

      • Keith@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        This was badly written and passive aggresive for no reason, idk why I sent it

  • Aatube@kbin.social
    34·
    11 months ago

    Has anyone here actually met someone in life who cares about what bubbles you blow?

    • Fly4aShyGuy@lemmy.oneEnglish
      72·
      11 months ago

      I’ll repeat it ad naseum, but of course it’s not about the color of the bubble. I don’t know how this keeps getting repeated, are people really that tech illiterate on Lemmy of all places? People who care about privacy want this for sure, not to mention anyone who wants to send pics or video in a reasonable quality or not be part of subpar group chats.

      It literally could mean the difference of not having to use an iPhone for someone who really cares about E2EE messaging and has mostly iPhone contacts. And inbefore “but you could use WhatsApp or Signal, etc”, well yes you can but it’s only as useful as the amount of people in your contacts who also you it. I really do personally wish Signal gained more steam, but so few use it it’s pretty much useless.

      • the_q@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        Isn’t Google’s RCS encrypted? Apple doesn’t want to play ball though.

        • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          AFAIK it is if you message someone else who uses Google’s RCS.

          If you message someone with regular RCS - no encryption.

      • Aatube@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        Yeah. I get the importance of that, yet it’s really odd how every single article or post about this emphasizes bubble supremacy.