A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch. They have their reasons.

(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 😔

  • Manu@feddit.deEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    You can say whatever you want about Apple, but no one else has build such a fluid, easy-to-use and interconnected ecosystem as they did. I tried to achieve a similar experience with my former androids, but there are always issues: laggy synchronization, multiple apps necessary, difficult setup, manual data transfer. Just to name a few. Now I can download a file on my phone, edit it on my iMac and continue on my MacBook without any hassle.

    • Roane :verified_flashing:@mstdn.social
      32·
      1 year ago

      @AbyssalChord @Hazdaz i mean that’s actually the biggest issue with apple that they’ve managed to build a exclusive ecosystem to monopolize.
      If you feel good when u are ABLE to work simultaneously on different devices within apple ecosystem then maybe open source or fediverse doesn’t attract to that much.

      While u might like to have every device from apple, SOME MIGHT NOT! and they got no choice not to, if they choose to use one thing, atleast that comfortably.

      • Manu@feddit.deEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Don‘t get me wrong: I avoided Apple for right around two decades now and just made the switch in the last couple of years because I got fed up with all the issues I kept fighting. Of course it’s a pretty personal question what you need in a device and what your priorities are. There’s never a simple answer to that. And priorities change over the years, just like mine did.

        I don’t like that an iPhone is the best solution for my use-case. But it objectively is.

              • Manu@feddit.deEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                I don’t understand. Are you sarcastic? I’m not here to reproduce Reddit antics, so I would like to stick with a constructive discussion if you don’t mind. If not, consider this conversation to be over.

                • Roane :verified_flashing:@mstdn.social
                  0·
                  1 year ago

                  @AbyssalChord no I’m not being sarcastic. I really mean it cus it happens with other things too like when u initially use apple notes and then u move to many things like notion then obsidian (i still do) and stuff and then i hear people say they reverted back to apple notes. So were you like as enthusiastic and hopeful for anti-monopoly and for using linux etc before?

                  • Manu@feddit.deEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    Sorry for my misconception! I don’t think you’ll necessarily have to move to Apple products at all. If I were as tech enthusiastic as I were back in the days I would probably still use Linux and Android. I don’t like fiddling around with systems anymore and have to work between multiple devices because I spend a lot of time commuting by train, work at home and mobile. My work environment is pretty heavy on apple proprietary formats so that’s another reason.