Originally Posted by
cmd320
Definitely a thing. I have iMessage chats with groups and one of the criteria is you have to have an iPhone that runs a software that supports iMessage. If you get a single Android user in there it turns the whole group message green and removes all the iMessage features.
That said, I don't consider that to be shaming, it's just the reality of running a different system.
There's a difference between the US and Europe (and possibly the rest of world). The majority over here use WhatsApp, so there are no issues connecting between iOS / Android. I never use iMessage despite having an iPhone / Mac / iPad.