(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 😔

  • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org
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    1 year ago

    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

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        1 year ago

        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.

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      1 year ago

      Definitely. Not sure putting one’s trust in Google is much better though.