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I don't care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the "blue vs green bubble" drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure isn't Android's fault for not being compatible with it.

The more power a company like this gains, the worse will it be for the whole industry.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

peers being frustrated because I have an android... being left out of group chats because people don't wanna break their existing imessage groups... having to constantly bother people about not sending videos/images over text because they become a blurry mess... frequently apologizing just for having an android...

And also a general awareness I've developed that I have been left out of things... harder to know because, well, I was left out.

Mind you I am probably in the single worst location for this in terms of mindshare. By my unscientific observation, ~0.5% of students had an android at my school.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

yeah, i was a poor kid in a rich school...
i really don't think it's the phone...

if it was 1860, you'd be excluded for have a subpar quill and ink...