This is true.

My 14 yr brother was using stock android on one of the old phones and I flashed lineage os on it with Android 14. The UI was a major upgrade and home screen looked very modern on an old phone.

The very first thing he did was install instagram and YouTube to watch reels and shorts.

I asked him if he finds anything different and he says he does not find anything different.

New generation isn’t even aware of the Android os they just straight go to SM to consume short video content.

But why!?

I think elons would be needed to be broken down by government like the Rockefellers.