(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 😔

    • AProfessional@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      To a degree you can override Googles choices, including running your own private Android version.

      With iOS you must take what Apple gives.

      • Streetdog@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        As I understand, to run a truly de-Googled Android you need to buy Google’s Pixel. I ain’t sending a single penny to an ad company.

        • N4CHEM
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Not really, there’s degoogled ROMs that run on different smartphones: CalyxOS, DivestOS, iodéOS, /e/… But it is generally recognised that the best one for privacy AND security is GrapheneOS, which indeed only runs on Pixel phones.

          • Streetdog@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 year ago

            That’s very good to know. I’m gonna bookmark your comment and look into them before my next phone purchase.

            • N4CHEM
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              1 year ago

              Good idea. Take your time to look into them and decide what suits you better. Each of them has a different range of compatible devices. I might have also missed some other ROMs, so it’s worth reading more (although I deliberately skipped LineageOS because it is not fully degoogled).

              I am personally running iodéOS for more than a year now and I’m quite happy with it.

    • Serinus
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      I recently moved from Chrome to Firefox, so I get that. But Apple is a hell of a lot worse about it.

      Using the iMessage thing to create social pressure in kids is pretty evil.