[Rinzler89]

>as high as 80-90% of young people choosing iPhone

It's not really choosing, it's more like being handed over form parents or being force to due to iMessage network effect with teens in the US. Which teens wants to choose to be left out of group conversations?

As an adult you can give fewer fucks about normie conformism, bubble colors and people being petty over it, but as a teen it would be a death sentence for your social life. Hence why the regulatory bodies are starting to twist Apple's arm over it.

[boplicity]

> as a teen it would be a death sentence

No wonder teens these days have extremely high rates of anxiety & depression.

[eddd-ddde]

Honestly it's weird how this is a thing in the US. In what I believe is most of the world, people just use WhatsApp, no sms, no iMessage.

Same is true for any demography as well. Maybe add some Instagram for the younger groups.

[Rinzler89]

Younger groups mostly message on Snapchat not Instagram. Instagram is still mostly for pictures and "influencing".

[rezonant]

It's almost like everyone who comes in to say "people all just use Whatsapp" are going from anecdotal evidence, while the reality is Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram, Telegram, iMessage, SMS and Tiktok all have a share of that messaging pie-- these people just live in message app bubbles.

[eddd-ddde]

Well at least where I grew up Snapchat never really caught on. Instagram kinda held its place.

[rezonant]

I sure hope you're right!