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The green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android) (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This is uniquely an issue in the U.S. because there are plenty of popular cross-platform competitors that are widely used in Europe: WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram.

iMessage is unpopular in Europe precisely because it's not interoperable and your friend group will look at you funny if you want to use some stupid system that only works on iPhones.

Nobody uses SMS for anything here, aside from notifications from businesses and such.