This is only a US and Canada Problem.

If teenagers wants a cool phone, don't get them one.

Father of a teenager and young adult here. It's more than iMessage; it's the entire environment. iPhones are more durable and supported far longer than Androids and this makes handing down phones to kids a natural proposition. My kids have hand me down phones and my youngest is jealous because my phone has the .5 lens. They share music via the Music app. They know the cameras inside and out. And sure, green bubbles are a thing. But the lock-in is far more important. Parents with middle schoolers who aren't ready to give their kids a phone are now getting Apple Watches with cellular as their kid's first Apple device. Android is in serious jeopardy of being an also-ran in the next 10-15 years here in the US.

Apple vs Android battle, BEGIN!!

why would operarating system be cool to anyone

'American Teenagers"

important distinction because the rest of the world don't give a fuck about what colour your text appear on iMessage

Simplicity is the reason for us. When I was old enough to have a device I got handed an older parental iPhone. Still ran good, OS updates etc. screen time etc was so easy. The formula worked and so the younger siblings did the same thing.

I used to have an s23 ultra and loved it. But all of my family have iPhones and share locations. It’s much more convenient. I also got tired of the comments of me Not having an iPhone. I caved. Got a 15 max.

Who cares? Android owns most of the global market. No one gives a shit that one country likes one more than the other. It isn't a problem. These articles are definitely clickbait

I love how this entire article highlights how fucking brain dead Americans are. Text bubbles and better advertising? Holy shit.
Embarrassing.

Shocker: teens are impressionable

It never was. I had android when I was young and it wasn’t a pleasant experience.

I'm a teenager. Ios/MacOs is infuriating.

I will never, ever buy or use an apple product, but this failure is mostly on google. Just look at how slowly android is rolling out the findmy network. It's like they aren't even interested in being competitive.

That company lost its way and its soul well before 2009, when the value of search plummeted. I hope they fail completely, so that apple will face anti-trust actions in multiple megaregions.

It's imessage.

If android phones showed up in imessage as red bubbles or purple bubbles but everything still worked OR if Apple released iMessage for Android very few would actually care about the type of phone used .

Who buys phones for these teens?

Android has always been a plaything of the tech-savvy or a utilitarian tool for the poorer masses.

If you're in neither one of these categories, then the appeal of iOS is unquestioned.

The tech-savvy audience for Android has driven away a lot of the "cool factor", in my experience, no one wants to be caught dead talking about the latest rom or firmware they've flashed onto their 5 year old Oneplus because it's just cringe.

Apple just works, and that's all anyone cares about anymore.

I wished Android would just work without having to tweak it!

Google has got to fix the messaging disparity. RCS is not iMessage. It never will be. It relies on your SIM card having an active network connection to work. The apps are the other issue. Let’s just face it… Android apps on the whole are not as good as their iOS equivalent. Developers spend 90% of their time and money on the iOS versions of their apps, the Android version gets the crumbs leftover.

Old people use androids. Young people use iPhone. 🤷🏻‍♂️

this website fucking sucks

Apple is a cult

Android isn't cool with teenagers in the United States, and ~~that's a big problem~~ the rest of the world dgaf

FTFY