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Mark Zuckerberg ordered all Facebook executives to use Android phones
- MiddleEndian 8y agoWhat about Windows Phone? :(
- clintonph2121 8y agoWhat they still make those?
- MiddleEndian 8y agoNo, the platform is dead unfortunately
- everybodyknows 8y agoTL;DR: We heard a sensational rumor, went on a speculative ramble with it, and left the overwhelming contrary evidence for last: >That said, we checked Twitter activity from several Facebook executives, ... all of whom are still shown to be using iPhones ...
- beaconstudios 8y agoTL;DR: The Verge is a clickbait rag and peddles nonsense on the reg.
- coralreef 8y agoI've think I've heard something like employees of certain divisions being required (but not strictly enforced?) to use Android phones, simply because it is a different UX when you're not using the latest and greatest hardware. Ex. using AR / heavy GPU processing face filter effects on a few year old Android. There's a significant number of these out there in the world. Mark doesn't strike me as being so petty as to banishing iPhones from Facebook.
- randycupertino 8y agoWhy not? He was petty enough to create a chick-hotness ranking software as revenge after getting rejected by Ashley Arenson at Phillips Exeter. His whole career trajectory has been one of building up his ego after perceived slights... he's CEO, Bitch.
- isoskeles 8y agoYeah, but is he petty enough to care about the minutiae of some stranger's existence?
- hannibalism 8y agoCarthago delenda est As I recall, Mr. Zuckerberg was no fan of Google either, so why should Android be the salve to sooth a sore ego?
- closeparen 8y agoSilicon Valley tech workers tend to use latest-and-greatest iPhones. Hot emerging markets with a lot of money to be made by those SV tech employers tend to use low end Androids. This diminishes the utility of employees as beta testers. I could totally see my own employer forcing some engineers to use Android for that reason.
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