Why do iphone users still see their phones as a status symbol
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
wrote last edited by [email protected]Once something becomes statusy, is seems pretty rare that it ever stops. You can't outcompete Apple at being Apple, and to stay exclusive they can just keep prices up.
It genuinely was revolutionary when it came out. I guess they managed to leverage that into being a luxury brand, when no further world-breaking innovations were forthcoming. The only thing those really have to worry about is staying relevant, as opposed to going the way of fine china and monocles.
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Those aren't adults. Those are geriatric children.
Soooo, adults?
Don't pretend we've ever been better than that as a species. The exact form it takes changes (who does ermine fur anymore?) but the idea stays the same.
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Wait people really give a shit? Never seen or heard about that
Source: I’m also a college student
I see it frequently on tinder where women say to not bother when you don't own an iphone/ no android/ at least iphone xx
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Soooo, adults?
Don't pretend we've ever been better than that as a species. The exact form it takes changes (who does ermine fur anymore?) but the idea stays the same.
Don't pretend we've ever been better than that as a species.
Will you make the argument that people who refuse to follow such fashion trends are somehow inhuman?
If you are unwilling to make such an argument, I will not accept your premise that this is a trait of the "species".
What you (and the parent comment) are describing is a characteristic of certain childish behaviors, philosophies and cultures.
The sophomoric behavior of these geriatric children is not an indictment of humanity in general.
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
Cuz they're overpriced? More money = More "exclusive."
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My labubu bandolier says there is.
labubu
What the hell is that? Are beanie babies popular again?
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labubu
What the hell is that? Are beanie babies popular again?
Pretty much, yeah.
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
They don't. You do.
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They don't. You do.
It’s just a phone? I’d have an android or fairphone if my job didn’t have apple devices and apps I use all the time. Just makes sense to not need two sets of a lot of things.
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
I don’t. I just use the phone because it works well with my laptop. My previous one was all banged up and scratched, so I wouldn’t really call it a status symbol.
I don’t really care about status though. My friends are a bunch of misfits. If it bothers you that people are using something as a status symbol, perhaps you’re more concerned about status than you realize. I’d love to just advise you to stop caring about that but it’s not that easy. Status seeking is a pretty common, normal behaviour.
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Don't pretend we've ever been better than that as a species.
Will you make the argument that people who refuse to follow such fashion trends are somehow inhuman?
If you are unwilling to make such an argument, I will not accept your premise that this is a trait of the "species".
What you (and the parent comment) are describing is a characteristic of certain childish behaviors, philosophies and cultures.
The sophomoric behavior of these geriatric children is not an indictment of humanity in general.
More like, most common allele within the species.
What's the culture where people don't covet meaningless status symbols? Even hunter gatherer cultures have generated examples, and they can't own much more than they can carry.
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More like, most common allele within the species.
What's the culture where people don't covet meaningless status symbols? Even hunter gatherer cultures have generated examples, and they can't own much more than they can carry.
What's the culture where people don't covet meaningless status symbols?
While there are numerous examples of such philosophies and cultures around the globe, I don't actually need to identify such a culture to demonstrate my point.
If one can remain human without engaging in this behavior, this behavior is not a characteristic of the human condition.
The question before you is whether the members of such a hypothetical culture are inhuman specifically because they do not engage in that covetous behavior.
The abhorrent behaviors being described are conditions of ideas held by certain members of the species. The species is not lessened by the rejection of such ideas. The "certain members" are lessened by their adherence to those ideas.
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
Only poor people think a phone is a sign of wealth
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
wrote last edited by [email protected]I'm a college student and I don't feel this way at all. Maybe you'll get some quick jokes about being a poor Android user sometimes but it's mostly playful.
I convinced my college friend to try out Android and he likes his moto flip fold phone now.
Apple has cleverly made their phones a luxury symbol. In 2014, Apple hired the CEO of Burberry, Angela Ahrendts to be their Vice President. I believe this was the period when their Apple stores got a huge revamp to look all clean and minimalistic.
But in general, I don't think anybody really gives a shit. Even less so the ones ones who actually know about technology.
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
wrote last edited by [email protected]I don’t see it as a status symbol. Hate is a strong word… I could describe the process I go through just to save a jpeg, but I don’t have the patience. It’s simply the cheapest phone that I consider secure.
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
wrote last edited by [email protected]Android users do this as well, they just normally have to squabble with Apple users rather than feel they can punch down on someone else. I don't have a smartphone. But unlike them my phone is cheap to replace if it sinks while kayaking.
I also don't like iOS or Android
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Especially teens and college students
Source: i'm a college student
I have never ever ever encountered a single person who treated their iPhone as a status symbol.
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Android users do this as well, they just normally have to squabble with Apple users rather than feel they can punch down on someone else. I don't have a smartphone. But unlike them my phone is cheap to replace if it sinks while kayaking.
I also don't like iOS or Android
okay but then you just need to carry a separate mobile computation device
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And those demographics are very susceptible to marketing and peer pressure. The chat bubble colors are designed to make you think of alternative phone users as outcasts. Used to be the same with photos and videos in MMS.
By your late 20s most people don't give a shit about being labeled outcast, but by then you're locked into their ecosystem.
This is definitely one reason for their design, and Apple is shit for that, but the primary reason and the one that many iphone haters miss or trivialize is that SMS/MMS are absolutely fucking trash. There has to be a distinction because if you’re using imessage and relying on all your messages being e2e encrypted and your photos/videos not being compressed to shit, it’s important to get a blatant visual indicator when that’s not actually the case.
I’m not trying to downplay apple’s bullshit social engineering about this, that really is fucked up, but this gets misconstrued all the time as irrational users being upset by green bubbles when to (many of) those users it’s actually a huge downgrade in security and functionality that they’re reacting to.
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This is definitely one reason for their design, and Apple is shit for that, but the primary reason and the one that many iphone haters miss or trivialize is that SMS/MMS are absolutely fucking trash. There has to be a distinction because if you’re using imessage and relying on all your messages being e2e encrypted and your photos/videos not being compressed to shit, it’s important to get a blatant visual indicator when that’s not actually the case.
I’m not trying to downplay apple’s bullshit social engineering about this, that really is fucked up, but this gets misconstrued all the time as irrational users being upset by green bubbles when to (many of) those users it’s actually a huge downgrade in security and functionality that they’re reacting to.
Behold: a blatant visual indicator
