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Dating and having an android.
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Agree. Even discussing anything on the Internet like we do opens all kinds of doors for the ones who have the means to know to gather and distribute every single thing each one of us does online. Since WhatsApp is as secure as iMessage, I have to use it when communicating with Android users. Otherwise texts, between the iPhone and Android devices are SMS.
No, common misconception, the right hand side is incorrect. Easy mistake to make lol.
Ugh. This is worse than the green versus blue bubbles. Articles like these give superficial people a reason to add another layer to their worlds.
No. My girlfriend doesn’t like Apple products, but it wasn’t the reason we got together. Almost a decade later, she’s still using her Samsung Note and a Windows based laptop. I still have my Apple products. We have a fun banter with it, but it doesn’t register in our relationship.
Haha. It goes back to the saying, "Give me that money that folds and doesn’t jingle."
I mean, if she thinks your fold is sexy… who am I to argue? Just watch out when you go to update 😆
Heck yeah, my hot sister is looking at your profile on here and is extremely attracted to you already.
Whats the problem? Let people sort out themselves.
If using a different OS makes it impossible for you to like a person, you’re not a likable person yourself.
Red flag spotted and bullet dodged.
If using a different OS makes it impossible for you to like a person, you’re not a likable person yourself.
Red flag spotted and bullet dodged.
I think it's young women have this "preference." RCS mostly eliminates the gap between messaging features.
Remember thats how this generation FINDS their dates. If they could filter in the dating platform I assure you many would.
I’m a strong believer in that for anyone with an IQ less than 120 - the only picture on their mobile phone should be the one on the box it came in - next to the Fischer Price logo!
There is an argument to be made that it is easier to communicate if both are in the same ecosystem, whether dating, friends, relatives, or whatever. I do find it easier, for example, to communicate with people I know in other countries if they use Apple products, than if they're outside the Apple ecosystem. FaceTime is easier than Zoom, iMessage is easier than WhatsApp, etc. From that POV, I understand the appeal.
Bling? Whatever.
Bling? Whatever.
Teenagers these days don’t exchange phone numbers but Snapchat IDs. They follow each other on socials to communicate where it’s also easier to block creeps. Closed platforms make all this a lot more difficult.
Agreed. Our teens, and their friends (we're in the US) don't use regular texting, at all. Almost 100% SnapChat. They get annoyed at having to text us with the regular app as neither my wife or I use Snap.
On top of that, my state has a ban on cellphones in class, and above that, their school has a bell-to-bell ban on carrying phones at all; they lock them in a sleeve and store them before the first class, so peer pressure isn't quite the same.
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I never quite understood why Apple and Google didn’t create a joint geofencing initiative which makes any phone under parental controls automatically block all but a set series of educational apps within the vicinity of a school. This way teachers could utilise phones as a resource and encourage their responsible use instead of turning them into another forbidden fruit.
Either that or legalise signal jammers and turn them off at break. Landlines still exist for emergency contact.
Research has shown that even having your smartphone off next to you is enough to distract you. This effect becomes stronger the younger the person is. There’s more and more evidence that teenagers probably shouldn’t have smartphones at all, particularly not in places like school.
Agreed, and my kids aren't bothered by it at all and their phones aren't "forbidden fruit". By and large, the students like it.
Teens aren't dumb. They recognize addiction and distraction, too.
Surely this is only if they've been exposed to the addictive qualities as a child? If we made it illegal for all children under the age of 13 to use a phone in public, parents or otherwise it would go a long way. None of us had them as kids!
Yes. Part of the problem is that kids today often get handed a smartphone or iPad to keep them calm as soon as they’re old enough to hold one. My cousins did this all the time with their kids which drove me crazy, whereas I would just bring a HotWheels car which worked just as well at keeping my kids happy. Then, when kids get older, content platforms like YouTube and social media platforms like Snapchat keep them hooked.
My four-year-old manages to get onto YouTube find what he’s looking for on his own with our AppleTV if we don’t hide the remote. Just goes to show how intuitive modern interfaces are.
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That kind of "hands-off" parenting is responsible for a lot of social problems kids sometimes accumulate as they grow. The social stigma between Android and iOS is mindless to us, but it can be a big problem for them due to peer pressure and wealth status. Point being, I know several parents who give their kids NEW iPhones just to "shut them up" while they do other mindless things on their own.