(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 😔

  • Zorque
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    311 months ago

    Isnt “Droid” a Motorola trademark or something?

    • Prophet
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      611 months ago

      I believe that Disney/Star Wars actually owns the trademark on the word “Droid” and they make money on every droid-phone sold.