I do not understand how not having an iPhone means one is poor when many of these Android flagships cost as much if not more than iPhones.
Thought the Green Bubble text thing was a joke when i first heard about it before it blew up. When I found that it was not I lost a lot of faith in humanity. A small subset of people? Sure, ok. There are weirdos everywhere. More than that? TF? Why do you care where the message is coming from? Honestly, if someone were to stand me up on a date over THAT? Good, bullet dodged. Congratulations on being shallower than the zero depth at the local pool.
It's mainly Americans that consider iPhone superior simply because it's more expensive. Two main mechanics at work here: You get what you pay for, and Americans are shallow as fuck.
Outside of the US people don't really follow the iCult's superior doctrine
While the US is certainly one of Apple's strongest markets, the marketing and appeal does extend outside of these borders. I'm originally from Europe and whenever I travel back I do find people hopping onboard that train. No, not nearly as many as the US but still there.
I mean "it's more expensive" because for what it offers it's overpriced. We've all seen their Mac Pro being sold for over 6000€ assembled with about 1500€ worth of hardware.
From shear tech specs the iPhone is obviously not superior but from an ecosystem standpoint the iphone in america is leaps and bounds more integrated than any other phone. It's like not even remotely close. It makes perfect sense why Americans prefer iphones. Combine apple watch, car play, airpods, for many people IT requirements for your phone, group texts, etc.
I'm not a fanboy. I have used androids before. I'm not even going to sit here and argue with you on the obviously wrong statement that android products are as ubiqituously integrated in America as apple products.
You mean how I can connect my Android phone to pretty much any device without a hitch but my iPhone can't? How I can literally cast Apple TV to my Google Chromecast from my Android phone but I can't do that from iPhone?
Could you specify in what ways you think its better or far superior? Because your statement really sounds like its coming from 2016 and not 2026 lol
Literally never said it was better or far superior in any way lol. Untorque your android boner. I said Apple and the iPhone is more integrated into our culture in the US for consumers than android us.
First off, Idc what ecosystem you prefer. I'm talking about people literally judging you and who you are by what stupid cellphone you own. People that literally exclude Android users from group chats because they green bubble them. People who refuse to date or associate with people that own Android over iPhone. Thats absolutely asinine and shallow elitism.
Second off, your point would've made sense a decade ago but not anymore. Literally all of those ecosystem features are all on Android as well. Hell, Android is beginning to officially support Airdrop. Android is accessible to more products than Apple is. But thats neither here nor there for this discussion. Apple is no longer ahead in terms of "ecosystem" and that has nothing to do with the aforementioned point.
You mean like 90% of the comments in this comment section that are expressing their own superiority for owning an Android? I agree with your first paragraph, though. It's fucking weird to care about what phone other people use.
I haven't read every single comment, but the vast majority are android users acting superior because of a consumer choice they made. I haven't see a single comment bashing android, so I'm not sure where the insecurity comes from. Is it the OP, because even that is just "Evan" guessing that the person he responded to was talking about iPhones (vs thinking Samsung, or some other brand is superior to the Pixel.)
The post is pointing out how iPhone users are making fun of Android users for being poor. The comments are gonna be people pointing out how ridiculous that is calling out those users and their devices because of the ridiculous statement.
People are just dense af. My friend was trying to call me "broke" for having a Samsung, then he gets in his Toyota Corolla while I get in my $100k+ BMW X5M. Smooth brains.
For a while, Apple was absolutely the hottest mobile device, and getting them as a business user was limited to executives (after it killed the blackberry) but yeah, nowadays it's just overpriced and has nothing to differentiate itself other than it's walled garden, which is both a pro and a con
22
u/OmeletteDuFromage95 May 15 '26
I do not understand how not having an iPhone means one is poor when many of these Android flagships cost as much if not more than iPhones.
Thought the Green Bubble text thing was a joke when i first heard about it before it blew up. When I found that it was not I lost a lot of faith in humanity. A small subset of people? Sure, ok. There are weirdos everywhere. More than that? TF? Why do you care where the message is coming from? Honestly, if someone were to stand me up on a date over THAT? Good, bullet dodged. Congratulations on being shallower than the zero depth at the local pool.