Whoever thought your taste in a ringtone could be so polarizing?
The well-known iPhone ringtone "By the Seaside" is in the spotlight for the dramatic way it makes people feel.
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CNN recently reported on why people love or hate this happy little tune.
In an interview with the news source, iPhone user Gyaltsen Moktan said, "The alarm is mocking you in a way. It's like a horror movie, where they do the nursery rhyme before doom."
"By the Seaside" is perhaps Apple's most polarizing alarm and ringtone, evoking comparisons to nails on a chalkboard, the word "moist" and screaming children on a plane." Moktan added.
The ringtone has had hatred around it for a long time.
In 2022, one user potsed on X" If ur alarm is "by the seaside" you are one unserious mf."
if ur alarm is “by the seaside” you are one unserious mf 😭
— sarah lugor! (@sarahlugor) March 27, 2022
The tweet got 160 thousand likes.
However, plenty of people love the Casio heavy tune, saying it's the only tune that gets them out of bed in the morning and gets them jazzed about the day.
Feature image from pexels by Miriam Alonso
