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‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones

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‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones - Lemmy.world

(unpaywalled version on archive.today: https://archive.ph/03cwZ [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 [https://technology.inquirer.net/121775/why-green-imessage-bubbles-are-a-no-no-for-us-teens]. It’s actually hilarious how we allowed consumerism to take us this far. >“You’re telling me in 2023, you still have a ’Droid? [
] You gotta be at least 50 years old.” ouch 😔

Show threadcoheedcollapseAug 20, 2023

I think the most frustrating part is Apple is willfully hampering the ability to intercommunicate between iPhones and Androids and people aren’t like “Oh, fuck them for doing that”, they’re like “Oh, Android sucks.” Like it’s just a wildly successful and incredibly scummy tactic to convince people that Apple devices are superior and people didn’t just fall for it, they’re willfully diving in headfirst.

It’s a shame, really, because I do think they make some pretty good hardware. Might not be my thing, but they make a good phone. That said, I’ll never patronize them because of the bullshit I’ve had to endure trying to communicate with my iPhone-owning family.

Show threadgrozzleAug 20, 2023

i’ve only ever heard about this “green bubble” thing from USA media.

do Americans still use SMS?

why? phone numbers are obsolete. my SMS inbox going back years is just 2FA security codes, and they’re very rare these days, since authenticator apps.

Show threadSnowdenHeroOfOurTimeAug 20, 2023
Yeah sms ought to be the standard default. Since companies like apple refused to help improve it, people like you turn to other solutions. If you use WhatsApp, you should know Facebook owns it and uses it to spy on you for profit. I’d prefer “obsolete” sms to that

Show threadribbooAug 20, 2023
WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted.
Show threadSnowdenHeroOfOurTimeAug 20, 2023
Right but it’s also owned by Facebook so it’s doubtful they aren’t using all possible means to spy on you regardless of that fact
Show threadSnowdenHeroOfOurTime
RCS is also encrypted fwiw
Aug 20, 2023 at 5:33pmWeb
Show threadSnipingNinjaAug 20, 2023

Also fwiw Google can still see what you write if you use their keyboard (or OS, but I can’t bet on that, and their software being able to see it doesn’t mean they record it, just that they can)

Just as Apple can too BTW.