(unpaywalled version on archive.today: https://archive.ph/03cwZ)

Interesting figure that comes out of the article: 87% of US teens prefer iPhones. Also the explanations given aren’t quite surprising, I guess it’s mostly because of iMessage. Teens will feel like outcasts if they get an Android phone while their friends still use iMessage because of the green bubbles.

It’s actually hilarious how we allowed consumerism to take us this far and that we have now peer pressure over smartphones.

“You’re telling me in 2023, you still have a ’Droid? […] You gotta be at least 50 years old.”

ouch 😔

  • robert235@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Idk what people use. I had two coworkers from another country ask why I don’t have an iPhone?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I could not care less. Seems beyond weird to me. Reminds me of the old video game console arguments in elementary school.

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        1 year ago

        It’s always been this way. Some people are just slaves to the brand. “why aren’t you using a MacBook instead of that cheap Windows laptop?”

        Because the Windows laptop had better hardware, better support for the apps I want to use right now and potential apps in the future, was cheaper, and is easier to repair or expand if I want to in the future.

        “But…but…apple said they’re the best…”