‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones
‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones
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 😔
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So the best thing that android does -- allowing choice -- is your issue with them? What you're asking for here is the apple business model. Absolute control. No thanks.
If your issue is you can't figure out which android phone is good, that's a you problem. Online reviews exist. Not that hard to research a phone ...
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You just referred to freedom as something that should be forced lol
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Yeah, again you're advocating for Google to be more like apple. The fact that shitty phones are allowed to exist is definitely a positive thing. Because that allows choice. Just do your research and don't buy that shitty one to begin with. Unless it's all you can afford, in which case, it probably costs less than a third of the cheapest iPhone.
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I think people can handle the idea that a phone is not its operating system. It's pretty obvious a $30 product is not equivalent to a $900 product. People have understood that since currency was invented
install only stock AOSP Android
In what world would this be a good idea? I much prefer OneUI over AOSP for example. Option to easily opt-in for unlocking bootloader and flash stock ROM would be a good thing though.
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Why exactly you should be able to do it? Because of an ideology that you hold? It does not make any sense business wise for Samsung to develop ROM that could be smoothly run on random phones, it is their IP which is their revenue.
Google itself does not provide all of the Pixel-only features because that's their own thing, they want to sell it not just hand it out.
We in theory already have a mechanism for showing dissatisfaction - Do not like something, do not buy it.
Currently the best options if you want to have a phone with newest OS for a long time:
- Samsung or Pixel since they provide the longest support
- iOS because they are still the best at OS update support
- Android phone with unlockable bootloader and active developer support
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This is end-stage brain-death. The best part of android, its customizability, is the worst? That's the point, you're free to choose what phone you buy. If you don't want to buy a shitty phone from a vendor that fucks up their product, simply don't fucking buy it. If you want a good phone, buy a good phone. It's a you problem if you cannot figure out which to buy.