(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 😔
Millenials are struggling because the previous generations fucked everything up, not because they can’t figure things out.
@ExtraMedicated @canihasaccount we can’t blame them fully. Who would’ve thought carl segan would be right when he used to say that temperature will rise or When some used to say capitalism needs a check and balance.