(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 😔
Honestly fuck that “blue bubble” entitlement.
I love it, I mention how I saved so much from not buying meme phones that I bought a motorcycle.
I’mm just glad that it doesn’t spread outside America lol. Fuck that bullshit.
I wonder if that is even a real thing, or just something that news site occasionally mention for clicks…
See for urself https://twitter.com/search?q="green bubble"&src=typed_query&f=live