‘Even stronger’ than imagined: DOJ’s sweeping Apple lawsuit draws expert praise

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‘Even stronger’ than imagined: DOJ’s sweeping Apple lawsuit draws expert praise
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“The one that really jumped out at me was this idea that parents don’t want to get their kids Android phones if they have Apple phones" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 i'm sorry, but who came up with that, google? i can't even imagine parents with apples buying androids for their kids, nor vice versa. how silly.

i do agree that texting and other basic phone functions should of course be interoperable.

Yeah, I wouldn't get my kid something I am not personally well versed in. My parents learned that the hard way by failing to stay ahead of me in knowing how to use Windows, back when we had 98, and 2000, and Vista, etc. I'm grounded, you're locking the computer? Safe mode with networking it is, I'll print my pornographic images after they download in 10 minutes.

My mom just laughs anytime my kids misbehave. I guess I have it coming.

There are a lot more cheap Android options. I wouldn’t want to get a kid a pricey iPhone for their first smartphone.

Cheapest iPhone is $430.

Being tied into FindMy is probably worth that, especially for parents.

You can get a new android under $200. And google has their own feature to locate their phones.

Ok. Which is a current iPhone owner more likely to buy.

  1. The thing that ties into their current services and is a device which they are familiar with to help their kid when questions arise.
  2. Save ~$200 to deal with another service and have to do more work to support the device when questions arise.

The juice isn't worth the squeeze before we even get into how many years of updates that $200 phone is gonna get vs the cheapest iPhone.

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Cheapest iPhone is $430.

A ruggered Android phone cost about 200 € and there are also under 100 € android phones.

As a first phone for a kid is more than enough, given how it will be treated

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