re: Apple Or Android? May The Battle Continue.

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you are creating imaginary narratives. no one is saying that. why do you keep trying to push this imaginary narrative that iphones are more expensive and/or harder for "demographics" to obtain than androids? you want so hard to make this a classist and pandering argument. its like you believe everyone wants an iphone and those that dont have one only dont because they cant afford it. if android users wanted iphones, they could easily get them.

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Maybe you should try reading the link I provided cause you obviously haven't. This is precisely the argument the DOJ is making.

ETA: RIght out the horse's mouth.:

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This signals to users that rival smartphones are lower quality because the
experience of messaging friends and family who do not own iPhones is worse—even though
Apple, not the rival smartphone, is the cause of that degraded user experience. Many non-iPhone
users also experience social stigma, exclusion, and blame for “breaking” chats where other
participants own iPhones. This effect is particularly powerful for certain demographics, like
teenagers—where the iPhone’s share is 85 percent, according to one survey. This social pressure
reinforces switching costs and drives users to continue buying iPhones—solidifying Apple’s
smartphone dominance not because Apple has made its smartphone better, but because it has
made communicating with other smartphones worse.

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THis is the suit the DOJ filed..