‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones / A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch::undefined

  • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    611 months ago

    Adding a CC to your wallet is optional, Android offers similar card storage too so I don’t really see your point. It stays on device fully encrypted anyway.

    • @over_clox@lemmy.world
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      711 months ago

      No, that’s not optional on iPhone, you can’t even use their app store even for ‘free’ apps unless you enable their app store with a CC number.

      Unless something seriously changed since 2017 when I gave up on Apple…

      • @orion2145@lemmy.world
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        311 months ago

        Actually not true. I just set up a device for a friend the other day and absolutely skipped adding any payment info and was able to download apps. Why are you spreading so much misinformation?

        • @over_clox@lemmy.world
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          -111 months ago

          I did say ‘unless something has changed in recent years’

          Back when I was rebuilding and repairing iPhone 5/6 series and iPad 2/3 series this was most certainly true. Couldn’t use the app store for anything, not even free apps, without first entering in a CC number.

          Made absolutely no sense to me why it was that way, but it was.

    • @SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca
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      511 months ago

      So your anecdote is more reliable than the analysis of the biggest repair site on the internet? (Ugh, I hate internet debates sometimes.)

      I have never had a problem getting my iPhone fixed. But with 3 years max software support on Android, that’s not only planned obsolescence, it’s guaranteed obsolescence. Disposability is what your original comment was about.