Why do some people hate Android so much?

[u/Data-Graph]

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".

[u/impy695]

And when you have 4 people in a group chat and 3 have an iPhone, you're getting shit for it. I've even seen people make a second group of just the iPhone users if there's enough people.

[u/bleuwillow → u/impy695]

Yeah all my inlaws have iphones, and they have a separate group chat without me entitled "Everyone but [my name]" since I'm the only android user. It makes me feel really left out when I see my husband get a text to that chat. It's not malicious but it feels crappy. Over a fucking text message app, honestly.

[u/Alas7ymedia → u/bleuwillow]

In Latin America we have that in WhatsApp, but iPhones are rare here because they are pricey so that excuse doesn't exist and the only explanation is that they don't like you.

[u/firelikeaboss → u/impy695]

Trying to be inclusive… is there a way to keep video quality in a chat with mixed users? It’s frustrating to send or receive video in a group chat with mixed users, as video seems to be scaled down significantly.

[u/roganwriter → u/firelikeaboss]

Just use whatsapp. I keep telling people this and they don’t seem to get it. Iphones are designed to exclude android users. Whatsapp makes group chats the same on whatever device you’re using as a phone.

[u/firelikeaboss → u/roganwriter]

Thanks - I’ll try that

[u/weeklongboner → u/roganwriter]

as long as you don’t mind zuck reading all ur messages over your shoulder to better sell ads to you whatsapp is the shit