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This release has triggered an interesting reaction: http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/iphone-users-disgusted-by-android-instagram http://www.buzzfeed.com

This release has triggered an interesting reaction: http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/iphone-users-disgusted-by-android-instagram http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/iphone-users-disgust...

notphilatall 15y ago
What amazing proof of Apple's marketing savvy. I last used instagram with a second-hand iPhone 3G, and stopped using it when I upgraded to a Galaxy Nexus S. I never thought I downgraded myself into being a second-class mobile citizen in the process.
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w1ntermute 15y ago
The elito-hipster crowd is one of the key audiences for all Apple products (not to mention those who aren't already elito-hipster tend to become one the longer they use Apple products), so this isn't that surprising. This was just a good situation for that elito-hipsterism to manifest itself in a public arena.
- Xuzz 15y ago
  They've sold over 250,000,000 iOS devices. Are you really saying there are (at the low end of "key", let's go with 10%) 25 million of them? I think that might be a little exaggerated. Not saying they don't exist, but a "key" part of the user base?
  - w1ntermute 15y ago
    I know it's just anecdotal, but out of the people that I know with iOS devices, there are a significant number (closer to 50% than 10%) that adopt an elitist attitude towards alternatives to Apple devices that is purely emotional and has nothing to do with the concrete differences between the devices.
- Argorak 15y ago
  Thats an effect that can be found on almost any closed platform. Case in point: Gamers threaten to boycott Capcom because decided to go Multiplatform for Devil May Cry 4. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/gaming/ps3/news/article_1283100.php/Capcom_respnds_to_fan_fury_over_Devil_May_Cry_4 http://www.monstersandcritics.com/gaming/ps3/news/article_12... XBox-Fanboyism is also not unheard of.
- mitchty 15y ago
  I've used apple products for about 7 years now. My take on this is good on android users. I don't see much point in taking sides on hardware/software platforms though so I'm probably an outlier.
cocoflunchy 15y ago
I never would have imagined seeing that amount of "Ew"s in a single page.

This release has triggered an interesting reaction: http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/iphone-users-disgusted-by-android-instagram http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/iphone-users-disgust...

notphilatall 15y ago

What amazing proof of Apple's marketing savvy. I last used instagram with a second-hand iPhone 3G, and stopped using it when I upgraded to a Galaxy Nexus S. I never thought I downgraded myself into being a second-class mobile citizen in the process.

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w1ntermute 15y ago

The elito-hipster crowd is one of the key audiences for all Apple products (not to mention those who aren't already elito-hipster tend to become one the longer they use Apple products), so this isn't that surprising. This was just a good situation for that elito-hipsterism to manifest itself in a public arena.

Xuzz 15y ago
They've sold over 250,000,000 iOS devices. Are you really saying there are (at the low end of "key", let's go with 10%) 25 million of them? I think that might be a little exaggerated. Not saying they don't exist, but a "key" part of the user base?
- w1ntermute 15y ago
  I know it's just anecdotal, but out of the people that I know with iOS devices, there are a significant number (closer to 50% than 10%) that adopt an elitist attitude towards alternatives to Apple devices that is purely emotional and has nothing to do with the concrete differences between the devices.
Argorak 15y ago
Thats an effect that can be found on almost any closed platform. Case in point: Gamers threaten to boycott Capcom because decided to go Multiplatform for Devil May Cry 4. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/gaming/ps3/news/article_1283100.php/Capcom_respnds_to_fan_fury_over_Devil_May_Cry_4 http://www.monstersandcritics.com/gaming/ps3/news/article_12... XBox-Fanboyism is also not unheard of.
mitchty 15y ago
I've used apple products for about 7 years now. My take on this is good on android users. I don't see much point in taking sides on hardware/software platforms though so I'm probably an outlier.

cocoflunchy 15y ago

I never would have imagined seeing that amount of "Ew"s in a single page.