#1838 - Brian Simpson

Brian Simpson (0:04)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

Joe Rogan (0:13)

I appreciate that you're committed to this fucking Android thing.

I have a lot of friends, they send me the green text, and every now and then, one will show up blue. They give up, and they jump on the iPhone train. I'm like, interesting.

Brian Simpson (0:26)

I can't do it, man.

Joe Rogan (0:27)

No, why? What is it about it?

Brian Simpson (0:30)

Because it's one of those things where I'm so into my tech and shit, and if I go iPhone, then I gotta go Apple everything.

Joe Rogan (0:39)

Why?

Brian Simpson (0:40)

Because that's the whole advantage of going Apple, is that it all just works together so well, because they're on their own little ecosystem.

Joe Rogan (0:49)

What's the advantage of not going Apple?

Brian Simpson (0:51)

Customization.

Joe Rogan (0:53)

Oh, okay.

But are you using the phone with other stuff? Does it integrate with other stuff, the way an iPhone does?

Brian Simpson (1:01)

Because I have a Samsung phone, Samsung tablet, Samsung watch. Oh. And if I go iPhone, then I gotta get an Apple watch, I gotta get an iPad.

Joe Rogan (1:10)

What's better? Have you fucked with Apple stuff?

Brian Simpson (1:14)

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've had iPhones, but I just...

Joe Rogan (1:18)

Oh, so you went Android after you went iPhone.

Brian Simpson (1:21)

I went Android, iPhone, Android, iPhone, Android.

Joe Rogan (1:24)

Oh, so you went back and forth, huh?

Brian Simpson (1:26)

Yeah, I went back and forth, but at the end of the day, it was just like...

I stuck with Android, because Android is more, you know, on top of, like, some of the latest... Like, Apple won't do anything unless they can do it in a way where it goes, oh, that's Apple. You know what I mean? Like the fucking headphones. Like, they would not come out with headphones until they could do something where you're like, when you see it, you know that it's not something else.

Joe Rogan (1:52)

Right, you know it's an Apple device.

Brian Simpson (1:53)

Right, same thing with the Apple watch. That's why it's shaped weird. It's because they want you to look at it and go, that's an Apple watch.

Joe Rogan (1:58)

That is true, because the Samsung one, some dude had one the other day on, it looked like a regular watch. I go, that's a dope watch, what is it? And he's like, it's a Galaxy watch. And I thought it was a regular watch.

And he goes, no, you can change the screen. And he's like, fuck it with it. But it was round.

Brian Simpson (2:10)

Yeah, yeah, right. But it just looks like a watch.

Apple don't want that, but I do love the way all the Apple shit works together. But it's like, they call it a walled garden.

Joe Rogan (2:21)

Yes.

Brian Simpson (2:22)

Everything's beautiful in the garden, but you try to do some shit outside. And Apple does all these little, they do all these little shitty tactics to facilitate that, right?

So the whole green bubble, blue bubble thing, that originally came out, like you remember back when you had to pay for texts?

Joe Rogan (2:39)

No.

Brian Simpson (2:40)

Yeah, they used to charge for text messages.

Joe Rogan (2:42)

How much did they charge?

Brian Simpson (2:43)

I don't know, it was like, you know, five cents a message, or they would give you a bundle, or some would come with your plan.

And Apple created iMessage, and green was supposed to represent a text that you paid for, and blue was supposed to be one that was free, cuz it was in the Apple network. And then right after they invented it, that kind of went away. All the text messages are free, but they noticed that there was a little snobbery there. So they purposely, they could fix it. They could easily integrate iMessages so that it doesn't come up different.

But they won't, because it increases that fear of missing out that makes people wanna go, fuck, I'm just gonna get an iPhone. I'm tired of being left out of the group chats. Perfect example, if you send me a video, it'll come up blurry. Yeah, right, and that's an Apple thing.

Joe Rogan (3:40)

It is?

Brian Simpson (3:40)

Yes.

Joe Rogan (3:41)

But if you send a Samsung guy a video, will it come out perfect?

Brian Simpson (3:44)

Oh yeah, if I send you a video, it'll come up perfect. But if you send me one, it'll come up blurry.

Joe Rogan (3:50)

Really?

Brian Simpson (3:51)