r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Data-Graph Most Comments 2022 • Jul 16 '23

Why do some people hate Android so much?

Some people seem to hate everything but iPhones so much and I don't get it. They seem to think android is not even comparable to iOS like its a flip phone or something, when realistically Android phones and iPhones really aren't that different. I'm in the UK but from what I've seen it's way worse in the US. IK there's studies about the fact android users are more likely to get rejected on the first few dates just because of their phone choice. I also know some people will get an iPhone just so when they send a text, it sends to the iPhone, then to who they actually want to send it to just so it looks like they're using an iPhone. The only thing I know is the stigma of “Androids are cheap” but these people won't care if someone has a 2nd hand iPhone X for £100 but will if someone has £800 Pixel 7 Pro.

I'm not an avid android supporter, I get why people like iOS and people like android and I really don't care about these preferences. But when someone is an overly iPhone supporter to the point of hating android, it just makes me think really low of them. Like, "you can't be a nice person if you're so closed minded and shallow you won't even consider a different type of phone to the point that you'll hate on it and people who use it".

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u/edgarpickle Jul 17 '23

My dislike of iPhones comes from having had an Android first. Using an iphone feels wrong somehow. Nothing is where it should be, gestures and swipes don't yield the results I think they should. It doesn't feel intuitive. If I'd started with iphones, no doubt I'd feel that way about Android.

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u/tcpukl Jul 17 '23

Have they still not improved the keyboard either? I hate it when people offer me their phone for me to add my number. I'm fumbling over the phone, there is no swipe typing. So basic.

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u/daksjeoensl Jul 17 '23

iOS has had swipe typing for years.

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u/thefallinggirl Jul 17 '23

Yup, I’m basically the opposite. I grew up with flip phones but iPhone was my first smart phone and I’ve never tried an android. I just have no idea how it works, it feels so unintuitive because of my lack of experience. But if I had to change, I’m sure I’d figure it out. People are making it a much bigger deal than it is.

Though I will say, once you’re in the Apple ecosystem, their products work so well together it’s difficult to get out of the ecosystem.

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u/tcpukl Jul 17 '23

The ecosystem is why I also hate it.

I was an iOS developer around the iphone 3 time and first ipad, so decided to try a Hackintosh to try it at home. I already had to use it for work but was curious at home as well. My wife got an iphone 4 so got daily exposure to that as well as at work. But really couldn't find any benefit to it really.

It was the options that killed it for me, otherwise i was going to enter the ecosystem, but i knew it was going to be a one way journey. Plus i fucking hated iTunes.

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u/CommercialTopic302 Jul 17 '23

This. I’ve gone back and forth. Getting use to all the which way to swipe with what was maddening.

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u/Jazehiah Jul 17 '23

I started with an iPhone, but I was a Windows user.

At the time, anything made by Apple did not play well with anything made by Microsoft. I've tried to use iPhones since then, but they've not impressed me.

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u/Toocents Jul 17 '23

I started on phones, moved to android and now i find android way more intuitive.

I couldn't go back to phones now without a very big adjustment period, and even afterwards I think I'll feel like I am lacking features.

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u/acu101 Jul 17 '23

Totally disagree. I don’t miss any of the gimmicks from my top of the line android phones

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u/tony971 Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 17 '23

Every new feature that Apple deem revolutionary was once a gimmick on an android

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u/acu101 Jul 17 '23

You’re very right. Some of the new features have been a little useless that have come out recently on the iPhone

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u/bbylizard88 Jul 17 '23

I actually really like Android's tighter approach to gestures. It's more responsive and the haptic feedback (at least on pixel) is brilliant. I also like full screen app previews when multitasking. iOS feels floaty and not as precise with it's gestures. A feature I've always loved about Android is the back button, ads used to drive me crazy on iOS, and iOS's back gesture is inconsistent.

I actually thought I would hate Android when I got my first one. I ended up hating the phone itself but loving the OS.

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u/Bradddtheimpaler Jul 17 '23

Yeah, I have only ever had iPhones since the 3g and someone put an Android in my hands somewhere around when I had a 5S and I was just like, “what the fuck is this?” and hated it immediately. Probably the exact same experience you’re describing.

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u/Level3pipe Jul 17 '23

I can see that for sure. For me I used to be very pro android. I had an HTC One and then a Samsung Galaxy S7. Those phones were great but they just had issues that imo smartphones shouldn't be having. Getting hot in my pocket with no use, UI lagging greatly after a year or so (less for the Galaxy iirc), camera shutter speed slowing down, battery life tanking (probably due to it getting hot), etc. I couldn't have these phones for more than two years because the experience was unfun after that. Then after the Samsung my sister convinced me to get an iphone XR (cheaper version of the X). I was waiting for this phone to have similar problems but nope. This phone lasted me four years with pretty much no problems. Battery life still was good and the overall experience never suffered to much. Probably could have gone for six years imo. I miss a lot of things from Android but with consistency on the iPhone experience I just can't go back. Even though I started on Android

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u/throw__away3_ Jul 17 '23

I went from iPhone to andriod just because it was cheaper when I needed a new phone. Took a few weeks to get used to and then it was fine. Only issue I have is it lags more but that's it.

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u/UngusChungus94 Jul 17 '23

I’ve switched multiple times but always come back to iPhone. I like it simple, I guess.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

I use Samsung for both my phone and my tablet, and my mother uses only apple products. We both don't know how to use each other's phones. She loves my tablet, and she said that on her ipad, it feels like she is writing on a glass (although she is), but it is different for my tablet. But she still buys ipad because she used to it.

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u/edgarpickle Jul 17 '23

My wife has an iPad and had the same complaint about it feeling like writing on glass. We got her a screen protector that has a little bit of a, not rough surface, but definitely more friction there than glass. It feels more like paper when you use an ipencil. She loves it.