That's not funny, that's sad.

In the sad world that tech has built for us, you have to find the humor where you can ;)

You don't have to buy her an iPhone

If you want to minimize your tech support calls? Come on.

Oh, like when my mother had to spend over a year using her phone only while plugged in because the battery was so underspecced for the task that it literally could not boot the phone despite showing 80% battery, and everything else about her phone basically stopped functioning, and she couldn't buy a new one because they're $1000 and she's an average person without a shitload of money to burn?

Oh wait, that was her iPhone, that she bought because she needed a more modern phone that wouldn't cause her issues like android.

Is there a word for self inflicted schadenfreude? If so, that, I suppose.

There might be a fancy run-on German word, but I would just go with "an average day in my life".

Its the truth though, My grandmother was struggling greatly with androids UI, couldn't figure out the app window, got confused by the back button etc. I bought her an IPhone and she hasn't really bothered me since. Apples UI/UX just works for many people.

I bought my mum an iPhone (after buying her a Xiaomi phone) because Android is just slow after a while of use. Gets slower and slower over time.