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I’ve had a couple girlfriends in their 40s mildly judge me negatively for having an Android phone, but someone who would take that seriously enough for it to af
by code_duck 3y ago
I’ve had a couple girlfriends in their 40s mildly judge me negatively for having an Android phone, but someone who would take that seriously enough for it to affect their relationship decisions is someone I’d rather not be involved with. Maybe it would be better to text people with a “beater” Android phone as a test for how shallow they may be, like the semi-cliche of a financially well-off person driving an old truck to a first date vs their fancy car.
- jhatemyjob 3y agoIt has nothing to do with finances. You can buy a perfectly good used iPhone for less than $100. It has to do with taste. Not wanting to date a guy with an Android phone is like not wanting to date a guy because he's a Weaboo.
- code_duck 3y agoBased on what I’ve read on reddit/lemmy lately, some people still have the impression iPhones have an air of exclusivity from being more expensive. I agree that of course this isn’t true, though perhaps it was 12 years ago. As far as your second point, well… I guess that’s precisely the attitude I was addressing. I definitely don’t agree that a phone brand is as strong an indicator of personality traits as the example you offer. If I was say, hiring a UI designer, I’d perhaps care about their choice of OS. For relationships, I don’t really care if they’re passionate about mobile phones. I understand that most of us on HN are keyed in to tech and UI. The average person, though, sees a phone as a utilitarian item, and owns one as a means to accomplish specific tasks. That way of thinking is like, if someone was a mechanic and thought poorly of a someone they met because they drove a Ford instead of a Mazda and the mechanic believed Mazda had more elegant engine designs.
- jhatemyjob 3y agoI think you should read the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson
- code_duck 3y agoWhat would that change my mind about? Would you mind explaining why you think I need to read it or what that’s related to?
- jhatemyjob 3y agoSteve Jobs invented the iPhone
- code_duck 3y agoOh, okay... thanks for pointing that out.
- jhatemyjob 3y agoI highly recommend that book. It's a classic. It will answer your questions better than anyone on reddit.
- Tommstein 3y ago> . . . some people still have the impression iPhones have an air of exclusivity from being more expensive. iPhones: so exclusive that hordes of unemployed teenagers have them.
- mig39 3y agoHonestly, if I were a girl, and a guy was mansplaining to me why Android was better than iOS, I wouldn't want to date them either.
- throw0101b 3y ago>> The EU may mandate interoperability, but I don't see them mandating bubble color... > I’ve had a couple girlfriends in their 40s mildly judge me negatively for having an Android phone […] I have an iPhone but don't tie it into Apple services so every fellow iPhone users have green-bubble interactions with me. :) Over the years/decades I've lived through ICQ, MSN Messenger, BBM, and probably some other proprietary systems. I've managed to avoid tying into any of them so far.
- Alifatisk 3y ago> I’ve had a couple girlfriends in their 40s mildly judge me negatively for having an Android phone That’s ridiculous!
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