If You Use Android You're Broke

The "broke Android user" stereotype only exists in America. Here's how Apple manufactured it — and why 3 billion people globally didn't get the memo. 📚 Sources & Citations 1. Slickdeals Income Survey (iPhone $53k vs Android $37k) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea... 2. NBER Paper – Bertrand & Kamenica, "Coming Apart? Cultural Distances in the United States over Time" (iPhone as #1 predictor of high income) https://www.nber.org/system/files/wor... 3. Global Android Market Share (~73% / 3B+ users) https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-... 4. Country-by-Country Android Market Share (Germany, France, South Korea) https://worldpopulationreview.com/cou... https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-... 5. iMessage Launch (2011) – CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-to... 6. Tim Cook "Buy your mom an iPhone" Quote – Vox Code Conference, 2022 https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-c... 7. DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple (March 21, 2024) https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justic... 8. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Pricing ($1,999.99 starting) https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphone... 9. iPhone 17 Pro Max ($1,199) vs Galaxy S26 Ultra ($1,299) Pricing https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphon... 10. Drake – "Texts Go Green" (Honestly, Nevermind, 2022) https://open.spotify.com/track/4FIgHq... 11. Drake & J. Cole – "First Person Shooter" (For All the Dogs, 2023) – "She got a Android, her messages is lime green" https://genius.com/Drake-and-j-cole-f... 12. CompareMyMobile Dating App Study (iPhones get 76% more matches) https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/... 13. All About Cookies Survey (23% green-bubble dealbreaker / 31% of men / 52% mocked / 30% considered switching) https://allaboutcookies.org/apple-vs-... 14. Piper Sandler "Taking Stock With Teens" Spring 2025 (88% own iPhone, 88% intend to buy iPhone next) https://www.pipersandler.com/news/pip... 15. Bill Gates Uses Samsung Galaxy Z Fold https://9to5google.com/2022/05/20/bil...