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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: green bubble syndrome
Date: 14 Oct 2024 16:57:42 GMT
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On 2024-10-13, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-10-12, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-10-11, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-10-10, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2024-10-09 14:30:27 +0000, badgolferman said:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If you're an Android user, and you've been sensing some deep
>>>>>>>>> tensions between yourself and iPhone users, you may not be
>>>>>>>>> imagining it.  According to a new survey conducted by All About
>>>>>>>>> Cookies, some iPhone users "think less" of others represented as
>>>>>>>>> a green bubble while texting, which often depicts Android users.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Conversely, a notable number of Android users have considered
>>>>>>>>> switching to iPhone. Not necessarily because they believe that
>>>>>>>>> it's a better device, but because they've felt pressured or
>>>>>>>>> ridiculed into making the change.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For this study, All About Cookies surveyed 1,000 anonymous
>>>>>>>>> adults in July 2024 via Pollfish, a market research survey tool.
>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Wow! A whole 1000 ... what's that, 0.000000000000001% of users?
>>>>>>>> What a cmoplete waste of time and money. There's absolutely
>>>>>>>> nothing actually meaningful nor useful in that survey "result".
>>>>>>>> :-\
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You've no idea how surveying works. If done correctly 1-2 thousand
>>>>>>> ppl is a good sized survey. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apple sold 2.5 BILLION iPhones (as of 2023, so not counting 2024),
>>>>>> and you are trying to tell us that a survey of 1000 people is
>>>>>> significant?  Quick question: How many times do you think 1000 goes
>>>>>> into 2.5 billion? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> You're doing a numerical comparison not a statistical one.
>>>> 
>>>> A meaningless distinction since we know nothing at all about the
>>>> methodology used in this survey.
>>> 
>>> It's not meaningless.
>> 
>> This entire thread is meaningless.
>
> You're simply regretting your decision to join it. 

Nah, I don't regret anything. 🤣

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