(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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    1 year ago

    It has no apps. But it runs Linux!!!

    So is it awesome or shitty?

    Yes.

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        1 year ago

        Ohhhh, ok then it’s not private unless it has hardware switches.

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              1 year ago

              yes, i believe they do. Although I only knew for certain that mine does. But it is older.

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                1 year ago

                Are they easy enough to flip manually, but not get flipped in your pocket accidentally?

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                  1 year ago

                  They are inside. So you have to open the case to set them, which is not hard. It is not obvious to anyone else that there are switches or what they are set to, so maybe being inside is a positive.

                  Although the picture doesnt show it, they are rather small.

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                    1 year ago

                    I’d rather have something outside, since “turning off” is something that should be the default option.