Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green text bubble

Re:Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green te... by lowkey_ on Saturday January 08, 2022 @10:13PM (#29859602)

I was addressing the specific commenter who uses Google Voice, but to use the comment prior to that:

> It's a negative signal to me if it's green, as they may be using a Google Voice number or any other fake number system.

I'm not implying the vast majority of "green-bubble numbers" are Google Voice rather than Android phones, but that there is no verification they are not Google Voice numbers.

I'm not trying to be elitist at all; there's just a verification that happens with an iPhone texting another iPhone of (1) this is a real phone number, and (2) this isn't a cheap burner flip-phone someone just bought. When interacting with strangers from the internet, that verification is important!

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Re:Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green te... by rsync on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:34PM (#29866013)

" ... but that there is no verification they are not Google Voice numbers ..."

This isn't unknowable ... why don't you just check ?

  curl -s -X GET "https://lookups.twilio.com/v1/PhoneNumbers/$number?Type=carrier&Type=caller-name" -u $accountsid:$authtoken | /usr/local/bin/jq '.'

... or, if you're non-technical, just use mycarrierlookup.tv or checkcarrier.estonia or whatever ... there are 20 or more such sites extant.

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