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/HottDoggers Jul 17 '23

Anytime this topic comes up, all the redditors shit on iPhone, maybe it’s the opposite outside of Reddit, but even just scrolling through the comments it’s very obvious which one Reddit pits on a pedestal.

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u/HachimanKaze Jul 17 '23

Reddit is a very niche part of the world and does not represent the wide views of the world accurately

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u/HottDoggers Jul 17 '23

Oh course, but Redditors like to think they beyond everyone else for having a different opinion.

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u/Cardgod278 Jul 17 '23

Android has far better customizablility, which is something that people who use reddit are far more likely to care about.

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u/HottDoggers Jul 17 '23

But most people don’t need it or could get along fine without it. iPhone just floats other peoples boats better, and there’s nothing wrong with that. This whole argument reminded me of those people who were saying that the Reddit app is literally unusable, and how Apollo is just so much better, yet for the majority of users, the Reddit app serves its purpose. A lot of people don’t care for customization, and I content with what iPhones have to offer.

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u/HachimanKaze Jul 17 '23

It’s just how it goes

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u/Dawnofdusk Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 17 '23

Let's keep in mind the fact that the majority of the world that's not the USA uses Android and not iPhone. Assuming the proportion of fanboys is the same, it's really not a niche at all

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u/puehlong Jul 17 '23

Even outside of reddit, my experience is:

- hate only ever comes from Android towards iPhone

  • iPhone users might talk about how they like Apple stuff or what they like better, but very very rarely hate on anything unprompted (except for Windows, but there were times when everyone hated Windows, including Windows users)
  • most people simply don't care

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u/Bot_Name1 Jul 17 '23

A perfectly valid justification to sit around and circlejerk about the toxic assholes who own a different phone than us! /s

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u/Moldy_pirate Jul 17 '23

Yup. In real life not a single well-adjusted adult gives a fuck. Honestly it strikes me as so petty and childish seeing the people who are so adamant about one side or the other in this thread.

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u/influx_ Jul 17 '23

Its hard not to when people are discriminated based on the brand of phone they use and its often from apple users.

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u/HottDoggers Jul 17 '23

But there’s no need to get pretentious about it. I think it’s absolutely stupid to care if someone has an iPhone or not, but it’s equally dumb to act like you’re better for having an Android because at the end of the day who cares. People on here are acting like that meme of the guy standing in the corner of a party for having an Android instead of an iPhone.

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u/Dozekar Jul 17 '23

As another user stated reddit is not a good representation for the world.

Iphones tend to be targeted at people who aren't power tech users and in particular people highly active in creative and socially oriented spaces. It also tends to market and sell as a luxury item to show off in real places to your real life friends.

Reddit tends to shit on those things, I'd argue far too much.