I stay with Android partially for this. All the irrelevant people exclude me from their iMessage group chats, and consequently, leaving me out of the gossips and drama.
Nobody in my circle cares about the color of the chat bubbles. Those who want to talk to you, and are worth talking to, don't care.
If I wasn't a noob gamer I'd have no use for Windows. Unfortunately I'm too dumb to figure out how to make games work, even on Mint.