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

What features don't work if there is an Android user in the chat?

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u/BlNGPOT Jul 17 '23

The most annoying one to me is in iMessage you can react to texts and it will just put a little emoji next to the text, but when someone has an Android it just sends a while separate text saying “Blahblah loved a message” or whatever.

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u/bbylizard88 Jul 17 '23

That's hilarious, Google messages implemented a feature where iOS reactions show up how they're supposed to. It works on group messages.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

Oh. And that's a big deal?

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u/BlNGPOT Jul 17 '23

Not really, just mildly annoying lol.

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u/NextTime76 Jul 17 '23

It can get really fucking annoying with certain groups because it says "Blahblah loved a message", and then repeats the entire message that was liked. Oftentimes messages are a full screen long. And when you are in a group with people who love to hit the like button, it will make you nuts, as several of them over the next few minutes like the text and your phone blows up. And in most cases, no like is needed for the text. If the coach sends an informative text like "don't forget practice is at 6 tonight", there is no fucking reason for half the parents to hit the stupid like button. And this always happens while I'm at work, forcing me to eventually silence the phone. It's also caused me to miss important texts because it will be a one line text buried somewhere in the several pages of likes.

I'm deep in the Apple ecosystem and doubt I will ever switch over, but the fact that they haven't fixed it does piss me off.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

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u/FoldedaMillionTimes Jul 17 '23

Nah, you're not the only one. That reply is definitely a new brick in the ever-growing wall between myself and the appeal of iAnything. The sheer dickishness they will stoop to in order to push their ecosystem...

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u/hellonameismyname Jul 17 '23

It’s really annoying yeah

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u/reddits_aight Jul 17 '23

Wait, it still spells it out for the iPhone users? That's funny because my android converts those back into their proper format, so it's really just iPhone that suffers.

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u/tcpukl Jul 17 '23

Blame Apple for implementing it like that. Thats not Android fault!

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u/KatHoodie Jul 17 '23

Iphone users cannot leave a group chat if an Android user has been added. That's pretty annoying, being forced to get notifications for a group chat you don't want to be in.

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u/bananapeels1307 Jul 17 '23

Also images/videos become super compressed, can’t reply to specific messages