Comment by whimsicalism
Comment by whimsicalism 4 days ago
you won’t
Comment by whimsicalism 4 days ago
you won’t
Most US teens probably already have a second smartphone-like device, and large portions of them have purchased them purely for one specific social media app.
I'm not saying it's more likely that not, but I am saying I wouldn't be surprised. If you replace "one specific social media app" with "iMessage", it has already happened.
Not only this - my observation is that having a secret backup phone is not an unusual practice for kids who might get their primary phone taken away at times by parents, school officials, etc. Or if their primary phone is subject to technical parental controls.
I think it's more likely that people would simply use the browser
I don't think it would be as unlikely as you'd think. It's not impossible for a significant amount of people to get a cheap Android for these apps, after all iPhones are a result of iMessage.