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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Right but it's also owned by Facebook so it's doubtful they aren't using all possible means to spy on you regardless of that fact

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

Also fwiw Google can still see what you write if you use their keyboard (or OS, but I can't bet on that, and their software being able to see it doesn't mean they record it, just that they can)

Just as Apple can too BTW.

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

Definitely. Not sure putting one’s trust in Google is much better though.

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

I mean, Google didn't actively decide that facilitating genocide was worth the dollars it earned them 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They tried to but employees stopped it (they staged a walkout or something IIRC)

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

Fair enough, Google is definitely the lesser of evil comparing them. But encrypted Meta versus non encrypted Google is not a no-brainer decision.

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

Not sure what Google service you mean, but RCS is also end to end encrypted