(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 😔

  • @chalupapocalypse
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    421 year ago

    I was there Gandalf, I was there 1000 years ago when you had to install itunes and there was no copy/paste

    Kids are dumb

    • @ventusvir
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      231 year ago

      I remember when multitasking was a huge deal when it was first added

      • @PlutoniumAcid
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        91 year ago

        … to the original Macintosh! Yes, I am that old.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        I remember debating the superiority of my LifeDrive versus a first or second-gen iPod touch at the time. And also eyeing a Galaxy Player. What a throwback! Oh how simple those times seem now.