Apple

The main reason is all apple devices have very good performance and smooth animations, which the young people likes, as they like everything fast and quick

Apple has definitely won the branding wars in tv/movies. You can easily compile references to their tech like facetime, screen sharing/imessage (a couple of movies and an full episode of modern family used it as the main vehicle to tell the story), or even Live Photos (which seems like a big reach, but a whole episode of The Other Two was based on it). I wonder if things like that have an effect on teens' view of apple v. every other tech company

Obligatory no one cares about this outside of The United States lol.

No it’s not, if your completion does it better then that’s where people will flock too. For instance, I play Xbox, most don’t play that console though I prefer it, most play PlayStation cuz they do things better, so that’s where most wind up going to. So if Android wants more customers then they have to do a better job.

Full disclosure: not a teenager, haven’t been for 25 years.

I used to be an outspoken Android fan. My favorite thing about Android was being able to skin the launcher to make a truly unique-looking interface. I switched to iPhone about 6 or 7 years ago because I needed hearing devices that use an app that isn’t available on Android. That’s literally the only reason.

Since that time, I now I have an Apple One Family account which includes a good amount of cloud storage, Apple TV, Arcade, yadda yadda yadda. It all works without issue across all devices. The coolest benefit of having this was this last Summer when my wife and I lived apart for about 4 months, we were able to watch Ted Lasso and Foundation and some other stuff together.

I now use Logic Pro X recording software, which is exclusive to Apple. Its available on Mac or, more recently, on iPad. I use it independently on both. You can also use your iPad as a remote mixer/controller connected to Logic running on the Mac—this is an AWESOME feature that I now wouldn’t want to live without.

Outside of Logic, you can also use your iPad as a wireless second screen for your Mac. It’s not the most elegant solution, but it works without having to do anything. At the end of the day, it’s another value-add to the greater ecosystem.

Headphones: AirPods 3. Watch: Apple Watch 7.

Basically what I’m saying is my entire work and personal ecosystems are Apple-based, so it doesn’t even make sense for me to even consider a non-Apple phone.

And that’s really what it comes down to: a difference in vision. I don’t really drink the Apple kool-aid, but I do believe they have a comprehensive vision of how all hardware and all software interact with each other. They are a specifically a hardware and software company.

Google, on the other hand, is an ADVERTISING company. Everything product Google makes—and let’s be clear, it’s ALL software—is designed to serve you ads. They have no interest in any kind of cross-device compatibility beyond how it might serve you ads better/faster.

I don’t foresee going back to Android unless Apple does something really egregious to somehow betray my trust or confidence.

Not cool with anyone. No one gets hyped about an Android.

Android is known as cheap or nerdy.

Kids these days can't possibly be associated with something cheap. They are all influencers or rappers who haven't made it quite yet of course.

And most of the kids 25 and younger are even more tech stupid than the boomers I know. They have zero tech understanding. They just use iPads and iPhones. What's a computer?

Yeah, of course they only want Apple products.

Not having an iPhone as a teenager just leads you to be ostracized. People bash down anything different

Read the whole thing.

The writer still misses one huge point. When you are talking about Android, you are going to have to talk about what that means.

Because Android as it stands right now, has no consistent experience. Different manufacturer slaps different skins on their devices and some goes all the way to slapping ads built into the system now.

That shenanigans shunted Android into places where you don't want your brand to go.

Why does a phone have to be cool though?

Except for that one friend who refuses to switch just so they can annoy everyone else in the group chat.

Can an iphone use adblockers for youtube?

I know the bubble color plays some part but it extends to Airdrop, Facetime, iCloud features, etc.. that are Apple exclusive.

No kid wants to be the one that tells them they can't Facetime with their group, etc or do be like "Hey uh can you email me those pics dude". Then that goes further, how Airpods work and are a "fashion" symbol, Apple Watch, etc.

Part of the issue with Android, coming from someone who was an Android user from 2009-2021 is that it lost it's identity. Instead of striving to be a different solution, that offered different, better functionality it followed a lot of what Apple did. So it's now gotten a reputation of being a second rate clone.

Like, the original Droid commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52TSXwj774

It listed off at the time serious things the iPhone wasn't doing like flash, high res video, high res screen, apps, lots of stuff.

Obviously most of that isn't relevant anymore but outside of the better zoom on a Samsung I can't think of a single feature I'd want from recent Android competition.

I think a big part of the issue is google just isn't a competent company. Messaging and video calling apps are a surprisingly big deal for people and they've failed spectacularly to make a decent competitor to FaceTime/iMessage. Also basic things like having the camera work well for 3rd party apps, I'm sure there's a way to do it they've just failed to. Honestly android would probably be much better if it was proprietary but that's not changing, but even thing they can control they do a bad job at. I miss android but I just don't trust google as a company

Why is it a problem? Is this really something anyone needs to worry about?

Android is primarily an advertising platform for Google it's almost as if everything else comes second, maybe because it does.

I don’t see how Android can really change its brand identity for the better when it has very little brand identity to speak of.

I move from an Android phone to a different Android phone, and I will lose quality of life features because the Android skin is different.

Which probably also makes it harder to lock users in because unless you always stick with the same brand, you would be fairly used to adjusting to feature loss.

Android is “customizable” but you can’t even get your phone to reach feature parity with the last phone you were using.

With the younger generations, Apple was also smart to get into classrooms. They invested, donated or subsidized devices like iPads and computers so many of the current young people have grown up familiar with Apple and their operating systems.

Google attempted to do the same with Chromebooks, for example, but idk if you've ever heard first hand feedback about experiences with them, but all I've ever heard was NOT good.

The other point which has been mentioned many times is social media apps. That's how teens, at least in North America, largely communicate. Yes, arguably there are Android phones with better cameras and if you take an image or video with the native app and then upload it can be better but that's just simply not what teens want too or will do. The apps just work with great quality out of the box.

Not to mention app developers usually place an emphasis on developing their iOS apps before Android. Snap is a recent example where the CEO finally acknowledged that they had to do better with Android development.

US problems...

I don't see any problems