[averageRoyalty]

Given the majority of their users don't care about that, it seems unlikely to be an accurate portrayal of the internal discussions.

[standardUser]

You don't think Apple brass is doing everything in their power to convince non-iPhone users to switch to an iPhone? Every excluded teen is another potential customer and to pretend they don't know that is beyond naïve.

[averageRoyalty]

I do, but the group that consists purely of American teenagers (even if it's 100% of them), is one of many demos, and a relatively small one globally.

[frumper]

I doubt anyone is shocked that Apple execs want to sell more Apple products. They are paid very well to do that.

[rezonant]

Do you have data about that or are you assuming you and your friends are representative of the majority of users?

It seems like one side of the debate says "I have experienced this, and the product features seem to encourage this behavior" and the other side says "No one really does this, you just have a few insane friends who happen to use iOS".

Feels like gaslighting when you've experienced this sort of behavior yourself, and not even from tweens who aren't well adjusted to the world, from your middle aged and up friends and family who are bought into that ecosystem.

[averageRoyalty]

I am not refering to myself or my friends at all.

That said, I've only seen this green vs blue debate reported on in the context of American teens. Even if it is accurate in that group (questionable), that group make up a tiny portion of global smartphone users. Even if the actual group who care are double that, it's still tiny.

As such, it seems unlikely this is such a critical thing that Apple bigwigs are sitting around discussing this group.