(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 😔
The good news is GenZ seems to direct their stupidity towards good things, mostly. They’re not racist or sexist or greedy etc. They try to help and improve the world. They effect change through sheer firepower.
The bad news is that stupid people are easily manipulated, and as soon as the boomers die off, zoomers will be the next target.