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?
WhatsApp is more secure than SMS, but that is not a huge achievement. Signal probably is the best messenger that is both very secure and easy to use.
Some people prefer messenger platforms to SMS, because the default SMS apps on Apple and Android intentionally make cross-platform communication worse.
Messenger platforms on the other hand are more consistent and behave the same on every device.