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?

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    Everyone 30 and under at my office prefers Macs, to the point of bringing in their own machines to do 90% of their work and falling back to the Windows laptops issued by IT for the remainder.

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      …I feel like bringing personal machines to work in order to do work is causing chaos with IT and network security

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        They could be accessing virtual workspaces using a company VPN client. Or perhaps logging into a Citrix Receiver Workspace. Could probably access a VDI environment as well. 2FA with a work cell etc

        Lots of ways for personal devices to be used in the work setting. Would I recommend it or do it myself? Nah. But it can be done.

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      To be fair, as a work machine, I far prefer macs. And there’s a reason why Windows has been implementing steadily more and more MacOS features into their OS over time.

      For a personal machine I’d rather Windows.

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        This is hilarious to me because I’m the exact opposite.

        Windows for work (and gaming) MacOS or iPadOS for personal use for me.