(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 😔
Ah yes, news so US centric I can’t even understand what’s the point being made in the article, that’s what I didn’t miss from reddit.
It’s not even US centric, it’s US rich kid fashion centric. So complete hogwash and it will change in a couple years purely because old is bad.
I read the article and still can’t find a real point to it myself, so you’re not alone.
The important thing is you get to act superior about it.