I think it's backwards: Android users are (seen to be, in certain circles) inferior and the green bubbles expose your Android ownership. And SMS (as indicated b

I think it's backwards: Android users are (seen to be, in certain circles) inferior and the green bubbles expose your Android ownership. And SMS (as indicated by the green bubble) is inferior to iMessage. These days both iOS and Android feel pretty whatever but back in the day the iPhone had a level of cultural cache Android didn't. Instagram was iPhone only and there was a huge uproar when it became available on Android because it was losing its cool.