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Re:Survey: 83% of US teens have an iPhone, Android 9% by neapolisbeach on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @07:37AM (#19613580)
As a current student this is a huge part of it.

People with androids (green messages) will not be added to group chats because it turns everyone else's messages green. When making plans they will usually get texted individually but it can unintentionally lead to exclusion.

Texting someone with an android is much less convenient than using an iPhone and anecdotally this is one reason kids choose iPhones over Android.

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Re:Survey: 83% of US teens have an iPhone, Android 9% by yufeng66 on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:18AM (#19614899)
As a parent of teenager, it’s exactly that. Android phone messes up the iMessage group chat. So kids with Android phone tend to get excluded. Apple is obviously in no hurry to fixed issue. iMessage turn out to be the stickiest social network for the next generation.
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Re:Survey: 83% of US teens have an iPhone, Android 9% by tmm84 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:06AM (#19621744)
Apple can fix it but there is nothing stopping Android from implementing something that'll make things not change color.
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Re:Survey: 83% of US teens have an iPhone, Android 9% by mandelbrotwurst on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:37PM (#19626376)
How would they do this? iOS controls the colors on iOS, no?
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