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Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem::Nearly 9 in 10 US teenagers use an iPhone, spelling disaster for Google's mobile future

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[–] DeadlineX@lemm.ee 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nothing is new here.

This isn’t that different from when I was a kid twenty years ago. Only instead of phones (though we all had phones back then too, even if they weren’t smart), it was game consoles, or Pokémon cards, or beanie babies or whatever.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Only difference is about $1000 give or take a few bucks.

[–] DeadlineX@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah you’re not wrong about that. Although some people went hard into the beanie babies. And the Pokémon cards actually.

If you were into warhammer you resigned yourself at a young age to never having money. Those things eat up an ungodly amount of money.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That’s fair, I’m actually thinking of magic the gathering at the moment. Luckily my friend was given a huge chest of cards like hundreds and hundreds of cards, so we never had to buy any.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Check out MTG:Arena. Great online adaptation if you haven't seen it yet.

[–] DeadlineX@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Oh man I didn’t even think about magic. Yeah that’s definitely a big on. I was lucky enough not to fall into that hobby.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Assuming a new iPhone every 2 years, that's still pretty on par with historical premiums that would be being paid in the same timeframe for the "in" clothing brands. Designer jeans and Lululemons come to mind.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Accounting for inflation? Maybe not much of a difference when talking about game consoles…

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I don’t know where this guy has been for the last 70 years but consumerism came for kids a long time ago.

[–] DeadlineX@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He’ll, kids shows have been essentially advertising platforms for decades. Shows and movies exist to sell toys and make profits.