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Right, I don't understand why these weird hacky services are making headlines. If you want to have a blue bubble, just buy an iPhone. They're not actually THAT expensive, you can usually buy last year's model for under $500 if you wait for a deal and you're willing to commit to a carrier. Or if you really can't afford that, you can get an older iPhone basically for free. Even a 3 year old model gets you a blue bubble.
Or, if you're not an insecure child that gives in to peer pressure, get whatever phone you want.
It's not just the blue bubble though. It's being able to send and receive full quality pictures and videos to iPhone users without having to get them to install a 3rd party app. All the old people in my family have iPhone. They won't learn Signal. Beeper bridged that gap.
Then use ANY other messaging service. Preferably Signal, but if that doesn't work..... Facebook, Whatsapp, literally anything.
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So Facebook, or Facebook? That might work for most people, but when there's an open protocol right there, I'd rather steer clear of their products and services
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