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‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones(www.wsj.com)

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(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 😔

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PaleRider@feddit.uk
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Yeah, it’s definitely a Yank thing.

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doc@kbin.social
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Yep. Primary chat protocol is still SMS. The general population hasn’t latched on to WhatsApp or others like many countries have.

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WeAllKnowWhyWereHere@lemmynsfw.com
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I really struggle with switching stuff to WhatsApp just because it’s Facebook. But yeah, every time I go to another country I end up having to download it for something.

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Vilian@lemmy.ca
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fuck whatsapp

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lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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Can you try Signal in those cases? If you tell people “I’d rather not use Facebook stuff if possible, can we try Signal” there’s a good chance they either have it installed too or are willing to throw it on.

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bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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I’d take SMS over Facebook any day.

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lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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We like to think that but if you want to reach people who are on Whatsapp you’re gonna have to install Whatsapp. And the other way around, if people have a group for whatever (plan a group outing, kids’ soccer team, tenants’ association etc.) on Whatsapp and one person is not on Whatsapp, tough luck buddy, they get left out.

Apple framed it as an “iPhone vs Android” issue for their own reasons but the larger issue (social network peer pressure) is very much a thing in Europe too.

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