87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by to-too-two on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:33PM (#33183684)

You can hate the King with a passion but still pay your taxes. Sometimes people feel like they barely have a choice and can hate them in-part for that too.

I hate Verizon and Comcast with a passion but if it’s between them or no internet access, well I hardly call that a choice.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by dozgon on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:30PM (#33184545)

I would like to use a Google-free phone. However, online banking apps (e.g., N26) require you to have a mainstream phone (Android/iOS). You can't have root access, since apparently those banking apps won't work then. You need to have a SIM card as well, and you need to identify yourself when purchasing one. I really hate all that. At this point, I dream to live without smart technology as much as possible. Living mostly with "dumb tech". "Smart" ain't smart for us, it seems, it is for the benefit of those companies (e.g. Samsung TV's). More control, I suppose. Can you install uBlock Origin on a Samsung TV?

Furthermore, Samsung phones come with bloat, and you can't even remove them easily.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by nix0n on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:46PM (#33184737)

Samsung is just as bad as you say, but there's about a dozen other manufacturers of Android phones.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by arran-nz on Thursday October 13, 2022 @03:00AM (#33188076)

I have LineageOS without any Google services, on a Asus Zenfone 8.

Recent versions of N26 work fine.

It's the perfect phone, with an aux port too!

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