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To add my own lived experience, the whole blue / green text thing is absolutely a cultural label throughout continental Europe. As a 20-something who has recent
by riatin 4y ago
To add my own lived experience, the whole blue / green text thing is absolutely a cultural label throughout continental Europe. As a 20-something who has recently lived in France + Denmark, you do seem like a bit of a pariah without an iPhone
- lodovic 4y agoReally? In my experience, the main audience for iPhones, consists of three groups: high earners, fans and children. The first group buys for status, the second group buys for convenience, and the third group because the repairs are cheaper and easier (fewer models). Most people I know despise the Apple model of always trying to squeeze some more money out of you.
- scarface74 4y agoHave you ever thought that it might be more of a function of people you know and your own outlook than objective reality? Does 33% of the population of the EU and 50% of the population of the US really fit in your tiny bubbles. You realize Android phones are running an operating systems whose entire purpose of being is to collect your data and continuously make money off of you?
- lodovic 4y agoNot sure I understand what you are trying to say. Yes, no and yes, but that doesn't change anything.
- scarface74 4y agoExcept that maybe your bubble is not aligned to objective reality?
- sph 4y agoYours is?
- scarface74 4y agoWell let’s go back to your statements > The first group buys for status, With 50% of the population in the US having iPhones and 33% in the EU, where is the “status from having one”? Besides, in the US, the difference between buying an iPhone on a 24 month interest free payment plan and an Android phone on the same payment plan is minimum. Even at minimum wage that’s less than 5 hours of work. But with todays worker shortage, even fast food workers are making $15/hour. This gets back to how is it a symbol of “status” when you have the same phone as a teenager flipping burgers? > the second group buys for convenience, You mean people buy stuff that makes their life more convenient? Isn’t this like saying “water is wet”? > and the third group because the repairs are cheaper and easier (fewer models) Repairs are easier because Apple has retail stores all over the country and actually have good customer service.
- sph 4y agoAs a 30-something European it never happened to me, not even once. Maybe we should not assume it's always a country thing. It's peer pressure behaviour, and your immediate group of peers might or might not care.
- Guillaume86 4y agoSame thing for me, first time I heard about it was on HN IIRC.