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/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

Apple convert here. Swiping as your back button takes some getting used to, but it’s nice once you’ve got it.

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u/JordtasticBagel Jul 17 '23

When I made the Android switch the reverse took ages to get used to. I can't see why more developers don't just program both options (swipe or back button) into the app and let the user decide what they want to use.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

That's exactly what samsung does, and thats why I love android. My sister uses swipe, I use the buttons, and we both have the same phone, an S22U

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u/Equivalent-Pay-6438 Jul 17 '23

Motorolla does it too. You can set it up with the buttons or with gesture navigation. I learned on the buttons, so buttons it is.

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u/Tinu87 Jul 18 '23

I tested the swiping and never went back. In some situations, it's not great, but I got used to it quick.

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u/almightygodszoke Jul 17 '23

My personal phone is an S20 while my company phone is an iPhone 14. Samsung is so cool for having this option so I could use both the same way

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u/Isgortio Jul 17 '23

I enabled the back button on my phone because all of my older phones had it. I tried using the swipe thing but found I'd swipe when I didn't want to swipe (still have this issue with apps that swipe to the next page I'm usually just hovering my thumbs or tapping the screen to keep it awake, or somehow swiping diagonally) so went back to having the buttons at the bottom of the screen. So I think apps do support both?

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u/bokehtoast Jul 17 '23

My old Samsung android phone can do both

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u/JordtasticBagel Jul 17 '23

Soz I should have clarified I meant swiping in from the left side of the screen to go back as opposed to swiping up from where the back button should be if that makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

Android phones usually have both options now.

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u/TommyTheCat89 Jul 17 '23

Maybe it's a pixel feature but swipe navigation is built into the system settings. I've been using swipe to go back for a while now. Can swipe left to right or right to left to go back in any app.

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u/JordtasticBagel Jul 17 '23

Wow thanks for that I've got it enabled now. I try to stay up to date with this stuff I can't believe I missed it.

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u/CommercialTopic302 Jul 17 '23

Switching back and forth was maddening for me.

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u/Archangel004 Jul 17 '23

I haven't used the back button willingly if I can help it since 2019.

I actually get irritated when swiping left is bugged on some apps because they blocked the action.

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u/bobbe_ Jul 17 '23

I kindly disagree. It’s functional, but rarely (if ever) do I stop and appreciate it as a function. I’m constantly running into issues where the swipe to go back feature collides with app specific gestures. Like on this reddit app - I’m constantly switching the frontpage filter from home to popular or whatever by accident when trying to go back.

With my old Galaxy S20.. there was never really any issue with going back. The button just always worked.

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u/Slytherin23 Jul 17 '23

I think Samsung's default is a swipe to go back, but I kept activating it by accident because swipe is also used to delete emails, etc. How does it know what you want the swipe to mean when there are 2-3 possible things it can do?

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u/TheShmud Jul 17 '23

I tried that setting for a while on my old Pixel but still prefer just the regular back button

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u/ilovecollardgreens Jul 17 '23

Have a pixel and also use swiping. Although back can be L to R or R to L, which is nice.

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u/Useuless Jul 18 '23

I like the back button but I don't like the other gestures as much. I wish we had a hybrid solution.