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apparently, a lot of american teenagers do. But I think it's because when a message uses iMessage, then there are reactions and other features available, where
by FalconSensei 3y ago
apparently, a lot of american teenagers do.
But I think it's because when a message uses iMessage, then there are reactions and other features available, where messages from Android are regular SMS and will lack those
- lotsofpulp 3y agoI asked a bunch of teen to 30+ year old friends and family, and every one would say that for the purposes of dating, they would require iOS usage due to the perceived probability of an Android user being an incompatible match being too high.
- LoganDark 3y agoI imagine that I'd also be incompatible with someone who cares about which device I use to message them. I also happen to use Android. Go figure.
- wilg 3y agoThe system works!
- Our_Benefactors 3y agoThis is very “You can’t fire me, I quit!” energy
- LoganDark 3y agoIt literally does. I'd imagine the kind of people that they don't want to associate with are exactly the kind of people who wouldn't like them anyway. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- theodric 3y agoWhat on Earth would drive that perception? Do iOS users prefer dating other people who will spend lots of money on a status symbol? This sounds like nothing but a thinly-veiled attempt at discrimination based on an assumed level of wealth. (Which, if you've priced out Pixels lately, is not at all accurate.)
- 4death4 3y agoDo you really think iOS users view iPhones as a status symbol? That seems like a major incompatibility right there.
- theodric 3y agoYes, I do. And Android an "anti-status" symbol. cf. https://archive.is/0Mpc8 https://archive.is/0Mpc8 Edit: and this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38272193 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38272193
- 4death4 3y agoOk but the point still stands. My impression of iOS users is they simply feel they prefer the UX, whereas you feel, as an Android user, that you’re making an ideological choice. As someone who cares little for the ideology of consumer choices, I don’t think we’d get along, which reinforces the original point about personal compatibility.
- chimineycricket 3y agoPlease don't make things up. Parent never said a) they own an Android or b) they own one for ideological reasons. >As someone who cares little for the ideology of consumer choices, I don’t think we’d get along This means you actually _do_ care about the ideology of consumer choices, no?
- 4death4 3y agoBased on the original comment, the poster heavily implied they’re an Android user specifically for ideological reasons. And indeed, a recent comment confirms this, at least the using Android part: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37771766 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37771766 Honestly, this was self-evident from the comment. I’m surprised you’re questioning this. Similarly, when I say I don’t care, I really mean I don’t care. I don’t want to spend time thinking about things I don’t care about. So I would be unlikely to enjoy time with someone who forced me to think about things I don’t care about. That doesn’t mean I do care about it. It feels a little bit like you’re taking plainly self-evident facts and trying to find some deeper meaning or nuance where none exists. That feels like an error-prone way to view the world.
- wkat4242 3y agoReading that from Spain I find it inconceivable but I'm sure it's true. Just can't grok it.
- nmfisher 3y agoAre you in the USA?
- lotsofpulp 3y agoYes, but a few of the cousins/nieces I asked are in England.
- solardev 3y agoLol, good way to avoid those people.
- smelendez 3y agoGroup chats get mangled too. Media gets hypercompressed for everybody if there is a non-iMessage user present. Sending video from iPhone to Android generally gets hypercompressed