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The story of Darth BlueBubbles the Wise (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/selfhosting@slrpnk.net

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[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't even understand the purpose. Who the hell cares what colour your texts are?

[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In my case, I worked for someone who only communicated via iMessage. When I got hired they said, "Either get an iPhone or figure out some magical way to get iMessage on Android."

Abracadabra mfer

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's some seriously awkward shit. What was the job?

[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wish I could say! But many influential people in tech/media/politics are iMessage diehards, and she was no exception

[–] nutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd respond "If it is required for the job, send me a business phone that has imessage". I hope that you didn't subsidize their business expense on your own dime

[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, I had them buy me a used Mac Mini for $50. But you're right: if they made me get an iPhone it would have been on them

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Young Americans

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[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

In the UK most people use Whatsapp regardless of their platform. That has its own issues but thankfully you never hear people talking about blue text bubbles.

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm in the UK too and the gradual shift to WhatsApp has been a relief considering it used to be WhatsApp, Snapchat, messenger, Instagram, iMessage and twitter about ten years ago, not that anyone did all of them.

It's a shame it's meta but it's so nice that it's not a huge pile of useless features, just a few.

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

Twitter never took off in my area for some reason but lot of people I knew used Facebook messenger about 10 years ago which was a pain. I'm pretty sure the popularity of Whatsapp is thanks to Vodafone. They had contracts years ago that allowed unlimited use of Whatsapp without affecting your data usage. This lead a lot of people to believe that happens on all contracts. I still can't convince my Grandma that calling through Whatsapp uses both of our data.

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Only those who care about status symbols aka unfortunately almost everyone

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not me, I'm out tryin' to live my worst life!

[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

To live your best life to don't need any of that but here we are.

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank god I display my status amongst my peers by rejecting mainstream status symbols. Yay for counterculture being part of the system!

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Come on down to your local counterculture bookstore and boy do we have some sewn patches to sell you!