As perhaps the macrocosm ’s frontmost say-so on the Apple Doom Cult , headline like these are a bit of a shock to the system .
“ Apple ’s Popularity With Gen Z Poses Challenges for Android ”
Perhaps it ’s because we ’ve reached the final generation , Gen Z. We ’re in the end game now .
Younger Americans opt Apple over rival society by important margin , driving a generational shift toward Apple devices and societal pressure , the Financial Times reports .
This shameful intelligence comes almost exactly 10 years after we were told that … just lease the Macalope detritus off this large binder full of clippings he prevent … ah , yes , here it is :
… in the optic of today ’s youth , massive popularity has watered down Apple ’s coolness .
This was going to be a big job for Apple to be sure . No one was ever going to purchase Apple products again except the elderly and decrepit . Moreover , the conclusion was that the big success could be …
Are you sitting ? Is your mouth well-defined of all fluids ? Okay . Then the Macalope will continue .
BlackBerry .
Yes , here ’s an real quotation mark from 2013 :
… Research In Motion ( RIM ) is attempting to move back into the youth space , and has aligned with a few youthfulness - oriented brands , include Extreme International , to develop blackberry bush - specific apps and nomadic programme purpose at 16 - 20 - year - olds .
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“ Back into the youth space ” ? ! When was BlackBerryeverin the young blank space ? ! That idea has a lot of “ bald , middle - aged divorcé push slow through a college campus in a convertible ” energy .
Anyway , gratuitous to say , none ofthathappened .
Of course , today’syoots(that ’s how it ’s pronounced , the Macalope will not be taking motion ) are not the same yoots ( NO QUESTIONS ! ) of 10 years ago . But , have ’s front it , that was kind of hogwash at the sentence , no matter how old those kids are now . And not the premium hogwash you get at one of your artisanal hogwashing outfits , either . Standard , Great Depression - era authorities surplus hogwash . scarce got your Sus scrofa white at all . Because other study at the time showed Apple intersection doingquite well with immature multitude .
deplorably it seems today ’s Kid survive in a quantum country in which they are both alright and not alright depending on whether they are observed .
accord to the report , younger consumer are interested about being socially ostracised for not have an iPhone – a phenomenon that is driving vernal citizenry to grease one’s palms other Apple products and services , leading to growing market share across multiple product categories .
Okay , not coolheaded , younger consumer . ( Referring to kids as “ younger consumer ” is also not nerveless , but that ’s a different problem . ) No one should be ostracized based on what form of phone they have or whether their confabulation bubbles show up as blue or green . And aboveboard , Apple should do something to make all this less obvious . The company almost certainly is n’t last to because , hey , free whorl - in , but it should .
But the iPhone ’s popularity with young people is n’t entirely based on fear of being emotionally swirlied or metaphorically pantsed by Apple - using bullies . Because , as the research exhibit , the same trend toward favour Apple products also exists in Europe , where iMessage use is n’t as prevalent .
The Macalope has moderately consistently been of the opinion that , yeah , of course , Apple products are popular with young mass . They ’re exchange premium products and immature people are n’t dumbbell . At the same sentence , they ’re not “ all that . ” ( need to feel old ? The time when Kid used to say “ all that ” is closer to the Big Bang than it is to today . Fact . ) Which is to say they ’re not quite as popular asPiper Sandler say they areevery yr . As the Macalope has noted several times in the past , Piper Sandler ’s surveys tend to leave out lower - income kids . mayhap those tike skew Android , maybe they do n’t , but you ca n’t say “ TEENS LOVE ” unless you , you know , survey the teens .
Call the Macalope crazy , but he thinks those products from Apple are gon na be just hunky-dory . Hashtag controversial opinion .
