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‘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 (archive.ph)
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yep. The popularity of iPhones in US doesn't represent the rest of the world. iPhone users are the minority in Finland. No one is complaining about green chat bubbles because iPhone users have to use WhatsApp aswell.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

same here, hearing about green chat hate was completely bonkers to me.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's annoying that people have to use a Meta program.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why? It's easy to use, there's no ads, has many features, etc.

Is it only because it's owned by a big corp?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Meta is not just a big corp. They are known for misusing the data they illegally gather. It's no secret that they admitted to trying to change the results of political elections. That's no entity I want to have my data.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Considering they are probably on the side of iMessage, I’m going to venture a guess and say the company size has nothing to do with it.

Meta is deeply unethical, even for a giant company.

[–] whats_a_refoogee 2 points 1 year ago

It's because it's owned by a personal data vacuum corp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I did ask my teen, who said that while the bubble color is fun to tease someone about, it really doesn’t matter since they’re more likely using SnapChat or some other app, rather than texting