this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
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Looking at the world I see 69% to 29% share in favour to android. There is no problem for android at all.
How much of that split is among the 3rd world and over 25s? Demographics matter, and paint a very different picture.
I don't know a single person of any age that uses an iPhone. I live in a medium-to-high income country.
A news program yesterday used a QR code to provide a link to a political document that is newsworthy. The anchor instructed people to "point your Android at the screen" to download the document.
Americans are vast outliers in this.
As an American, it seems we will go all in on the most expensive and most milquetoastly adequate option every time.
Hey, you taught me a new word. Milquetoast. Thanks!
In the Army we had a saying, America does not solve its problems - it overwhelms then.