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(American, teenage) Girls don't like guys with Android phones. It's really that simple.

standardUser 3y ago
Not just teenagers. I see this trend among people in their 20's and 30's too. And it is primarily just about the proprietary gatekeeping Apple imposed on SMS.
- mikhael28 3y ago
  True, regarding 20 and 30 year olds. And that's fine, that's their preference. Apple did a great job creating a sticky product.
- joshmanders 3y ago
  > And it is primarily just about the proprietary gatekeeping Apple imposed on SMS. Or maybe, and this might be an absolute shocker to you, the color of text message to us signifies if we can have all the extra goodies that we learn to enjoy having. We don't look down on you for having green text bubbles, we look down because we like sending all the extra stuff like reactions to your joke with a "haha" instead of literally sending the "haha" text messages, or hearting something you said. Having multiple conversations in the same messages but being able to respond to each individual message, or sending "I love you" to your spouse with a slam reaction or hearts that float up behind the text. It's not about any gatekeeping or anything. It's about making our communication more fun instead of text 24/7. This is the same reason Slack won over IRC. Nerds may want to send ASCII emojis and that back and forth and be fine with that, but other people like the added fun stuff you can do in Slack that you can't in IRC.
  - standardUser 3y ago
    Instead of determining your social circle based on someone's ownership of a very specific piece of hardware, like a sociopath, you could use WhatsApp, which does everything SMS does on an iPhone plus significantly more. That's the norm for most people with a lot of international connections anyway.
    - joshmanders 3y ago
      Literally nobody determines their social circle based on ownership of a piece of hardware. This is a psychotic argument that non-iPhone users made up to justify their reasoning for saying Apple is the bad guy for not allowing iMessage on Android. People who want to use WhatsApp do, and people who don't, don't. I personally don't want to use ANY messaging platform that is in the control of Meta. If you do then install the app. None of you have really made any compelling reasons other thant to complain about Apple and iPhone users.
      - standardUser 3y ago
        Just use WhatsApp and all these problems go away.
        joshmanders 3y ago
        Ok, so then what's the argument here? Nobody on any device is restricted to just Google Messages on Android or iMessages on iOS.... If your social circle is all using WhatsApp, then use WhatsApp. If it's Messenger, use Messenger, Signal, etc.
Jeff_Brown 3y ago
That could be true and still not the whole story, because using an iPhone and having more money are correlated. If a kid is obviously rich and uses an Android, does the Android count as a mark against him?
- mikhael28 3y ago
  Definitely. iPhones start at $400 new dude. When I was single, I vividly remember matching with a girl on Tinder and moving onto texting. She said quote 'I am so happy you are blue'. Was not the last time I got this feedback directly, nor saw it out in the wild. :shrug:
  - Jeff_Brown 3y ago
    Wow. Was she cool?
    - mikhael28 3y ago
      I actually never texted her back after that hahaha
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slothtrop 3y ago
Girls didn't care when I still sported an old Blackberry.
- mikhael28 3y ago
  That's just because you are a badass.
- LAC-Tech 3y ago
  But I assume this was before todays teenagers were born?
  - slothtrop 3y ago
    Yes, but the supposed phenomenon of rejecting guys who don't own iPhones is also older than today's teenagers.
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
> Girls don't like guys with Android phones. That's perfect. I also don't like shallow hoes who judge people based on what phone brand they have. How is that automatic selection a minus? Sounds more like you dodged a bullet. But yeah, I feel what you're saying. People today can be very shallow, comfortable and convenience oriented, so unless they see you as being a super valuable individual form the start, they definitely won't be interested in investing any extra effort in you, like something as trivial as not messaging you because a bubble color, especially in this society where everything is tuned and gamed for instant gratification, including human interactions. It's quite dehumanizing actually, that we're being stripped away from what makes us good and unique people, and are reduced to soulless corporate designed 'bubbles' or avatars, conditioned to prioritize nonsense consumerist trivialities just to fit in and not be outcasted.
- mikhael28 3y ago
  The system works! Edit after your update: Indeed, we are all quite shallow nowadays. Focus on improving yourself, and put out into the universe exactly who and what you are looking for. Just be careful what you wish for - you might just get it.
- mikhael28 3y ago
  Being a good and unique person is still valuable. Just don't forget to be really good looking.
- makk 3y ago
  Excuse me… You’re calling women what?
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_(tool) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_(tool)
    - Jcowell 3y ago
      this is an cop out in the same vein as “it’s just a prank”. You know it’s connative use, you know how your audience would read the word and not go “oh they obviously meant to call little american girls a garden tool, not a derogatory term meant to shame their sexual activity” Even adhering to the best faith policy makes this not ok. Do better. Be better.
foldr 3y ago
Android is somewhat more popular with men than women overall. That could be different for teenagers as opposed to the population as a whole, but it suggests that your gendered explanation is unlikely.

Not just teenagers. I see this trend among people in their 20's and 30's too. And it is primarily just about the proprietary gatekeeping Apple imposed on SMS.

mikhael28 3y ago
True, regarding 20 and 30 year olds. And that's fine, that's their preference. Apple did a great job creating a sticky product.
joshmanders 3y ago
> And it is primarily just about the proprietary gatekeeping Apple imposed on SMS. Or maybe, and this might be an absolute shocker to you, the color of text message to us signifies if we can have all the extra goodies that we learn to enjoy having. We don't look down on you for having green text bubbles, we look down because we like sending all the extra stuff like reactions to your joke with a "haha" instead of literally sending the "haha" text messages, or hearting something you said. Having multiple conversations in the same messages but being able to respond to each individual message, or sending "I love you" to your spouse with a slam reaction or hearts that float up behind the text. It's not about any gatekeeping or anything. It's about making our communication more fun instead of text 24/7. This is the same reason Slack won over IRC. Nerds may want to send ASCII emojis and that back and forth and be fine with that, but other people like the added fun stuff you can do in Slack that you can't in IRC.
- standardUser 3y ago
  Instead of determining your social circle based on someone's ownership of a very specific piece of hardware, like a sociopath, you could use WhatsApp, which does everything SMS does on an iPhone plus significantly more. That's the norm for most people with a lot of international connections anyway.
  - joshmanders 3y ago
    Literally nobody determines their social circle based on ownership of a piece of hardware. This is a psychotic argument that non-iPhone users made up to justify their reasoning for saying Apple is the bad guy for not allowing iMessage on Android. People who want to use WhatsApp do, and people who don't, don't. I personally don't want to use ANY messaging platform that is in the control of Meta. If you do then install the app. None of you have really made any compelling reasons other thant to complain about Apple and iPhone users.
    - standardUser 3y ago
      Just use WhatsApp and all these problems go away.
      - joshmanders 3y ago
        Ok, so then what's the argument here? Nobody on any device is restricted to just Google Messages on Android or iMessages on iOS.... If your social circle is all using WhatsApp, then use WhatsApp. If it's Messenger, use Messenger, Signal, etc.

Jeff_Brown 3y ago

That could be true and still not the whole story, because using an iPhone and having more money are correlated. If a kid is obviously rich and uses an Android, does the Android count as a mark against him?

mikhael28 3y ago
Definitely. iPhones start at $400 new dude. When I was single, I vividly remember matching with a girl on Tinder and moving onto texting. She said quote 'I am so happy you are blue'. Was not the last time I got this feedback directly, nor saw it out in the wild. :shrug:
- Jeff_Brown 3y ago
  Wow. Was she cool?
  - mikhael28 3y ago
    I actually never texted her back after that hahaha

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slothtrop 3y ago

Girls didn't care when I still sported an old Blackberry.

mikhael28 3y ago
That's just because you are a badass.
LAC-Tech 3y ago
But I assume this was before todays teenagers were born?
- slothtrop 3y ago
  Yes, but the supposed phenomenon of rejecting guys who don't own iPhones is also older than today's teenagers.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

> Girls don't like guys with Android phones. That's perfect. I also don't like shallow hoes who judge people based on what phone brand they have. How is that automatic selection a minus? Sounds more like you dodged a bullet. But yeah, I feel what you're saying. People today can be very shallow, comfortable and convenience oriented, so unless they see you as being a super valuable individual form the start, they definitely won't be interested in investing any extra effort in you, like something as trivial as not messaging you because a bubble color, especially in this society where everything is tuned and gamed for instant gratification, including human interactions. It's quite dehumanizing actually, that we're being stripped away from what makes us good and unique people, and are reduced to soulless corporate designed 'bubbles' or avatars, conditioned to prioritize nonsense consumerist trivialities just to fit in and not be outcasted.

mikhael28 3y ago
The system works! Edit after your update: Indeed, we are all quite shallow nowadays. Focus on improving yourself, and put out into the universe exactly who and what you are looking for. Just be careful what you wish for - you might just get it.
mikhael28 3y ago
Being a good and unique person is still valuable. Just don't forget to be really good looking.
makk 3y ago
Excuse me… You’re calling women what?
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_(tool) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_(tool)
  - Jcowell 3y ago
    this is an cop out in the same vein as “it’s just a prank”. You know it’s connative use, you know how your audience would read the word and not go “oh they obviously meant to call little american girls a garden tool, not a derogatory term meant to shame their sexual activity” Even adhering to the best faith policy makes this not ok. Do better. Be better.

foldr 3y ago

Android is somewhat more popular with men than women overall. That could be different for teenagers as opposed to the population as a whole, but it suggests that your gendered explanation is unlikely.