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how would this actually work? iOS is so dominant among US teens it's crazy, and the ability to sideload on that platform is nonexistent even to very technically
by rsanek 2y ago
how would this actually work? iOS is so dominant among US teens it's crazy, and the ability to sideload on that platform is nonexistent even to very technically savvy users.
- paxys 2y agoIf the holding power of TikTok is strong enough (which it just might be) then you might actually see teens start to switch to Android.
- whimsicalism 2y agoyou won’t
- sudosysgen 2y agoI don't think it would be as unlikely as you'd think. It's not impossible for a significant amount of people to get a cheap Android for these apps, after all iPhones are a result of iMessage.
- kube-system 2y agoI think it's more likely that people would simply use the browser
- ketzo 2y ago“Large portions of US teens will get second phones for one specific social media app” is an absolutely wild thing to predict seriously
- sudosysgen 2y agoMost US teens probably already have a second smartphone-like device, and large portions of them have purchased them purely for one specific social media app. I'm not saying it's more likely that not, but I am saying I wouldn't be surprised. If you replace "one specific social media app" with "iMessage", it has already happened.
- warner25 2y agoNot only this - my observation is that having a secret backup phone is not an unusual practice for kids who might get their primary phone taken away at times by parents, school officials, etc. Or if their primary phone is subject to technical parental controls.
- sudosysgen 2y agoYes, anecdotally many of my friends (and I) had a backup phone. Second hand Android phones are so cheap that why not? By the time the app has to be reinstalled it may make sense, if sideloading on Android takes off.
- buildbot 2y agoMany of your high school aged friends had a secondary backup phone with a separate cellphone plan they pay for? That’s wild! I don’t think the average American high school student has two smart phones one of which is a secret from their major source of income (their parents).
- sudosysgen 2y agoNo, why would they pay a cellphone plan for it? For most of them it was their or their siblings' previous phone, or their first phone they paid for themselves when they got a job, for others it's a cheap 60$ used phone they bought when their parents took theirs away at some point. That's like money for going out for lunch three times. There's no use for a cellphone plan, we would just use wifi or hotspot from their main phone.
- iforgot22 2y agoI wonder how many Android users would actually sideload it. Same happened with Fortnite for a few years, and idk how many people did that.
- sudosysgen 2y agoFortnite never had even a hundredth of the smartphone screentime as Tiktok. I honestly think a lot (at least 5 million) Android users will sideload it once it comes to that.
- iforgot22 2y agoYeah but what % of them. Cause if it's only 1%, and 99% are going to some other app...
- herbst 2y agoOr DJI. Side loading is so easy, we usually just call it "installing an app" there is no hacking or magic around that, works just like a .exe with some extra protections.
- greenavocado 2y agoI got popcorn ready to see how the masses of iOS users will react to the TikTok ban