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"What if we let the kids customize their phone?" and "Convince people Apple is lame" aren't solutions to the problem, and the fact the article pretends they are

"What if we let the kids customize their phone?" and "Convince people Apple is lame" aren't solutions to the problem, and the fact the article pretends they are makes it difficult to take the author seriously. This belief that teenagers are choosing Apple because "marketing" and not because of legitimate differences between the platforms is a blind spot for a lot of pro-Android people. The author correctly points out the problem. iPhones last a long time – making them easy for parents to hand down to kids. iPhones are reliable – meaning kids don't have bad experiences with them. iPhones work – meaning kids don't have to spend hours learning how to root their devices to create a better Android experience.

the_snooze 3y ago
>iPhones last a long time – making them easy for parents to hand down to kids. iPhones are reliable – meaning kids don't have bad experiences with them. iPhones work – meaning kids don't have to spend hours learning how to root their devices to create a better Android experience. iOS is a nice unified experience. Contrast that with your run-of-the-mill mid-range Verizon-branded Samsung, which has 4 phone dialers, 3 app stores, and insists you log in with 3 different accounts to get the "full experience." Unless you buy an off-the-shelf Android device with a fairly clean software environment, your experience with Android will be one full of non-removable outdated redundant bloatware. It's all on Google that they allowed OEMs and phone companies to push their crap software onto Android phones.
nineplay 3y ago
> making them easy for parents to hand down to kids This plus the last thing I need is to add another device with another ecosystem to my home datacenter. I am not going to hand my kid an Android phone and be on the hook for tech support when something goes wrong.

the_snooze 3y ago

>iPhones last a long time – making them easy for parents to hand down to kids. iPhones are reliable – meaning kids don't have bad experiences with them. iPhones work – meaning kids don't have to spend hours learning how to root their devices to create a better Android experience. iOS is a nice unified experience. Contrast that with your run-of-the-mill mid-range Verizon-branded Samsung, which has 4 phone dialers, 3 app stores, and insists you log in with 3 different accounts to get the "full experience." Unless you buy an off-the-shelf Android device with a fairly clean software environment, your experience with Android will be one full of non-removable outdated redundant bloatware. It's all on Google that they allowed OEMs and phone companies to push their crap software onto Android phones.

nineplay 3y ago

> making them easy for parents to hand down to kids This plus the last thing I need is to add another device with another ecosystem to my home datacenter. I am not going to hand my kid an Android phone and be on the hook for tech support when something goes wrong.