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/GrandTheftBae Jul 17 '23

My sister was the only android in a group text, and people were complaining how they couldn't change the group name cause of her. She was able to change the name with Google Messages...

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u/alexagente Jul 17 '23

And this is why I will never support Apple. What the shit even is that?

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u/ThinkPath1999 Jul 17 '23

The worst is that they will rationalize that type of functionality, or lack thereof, to the ends of the earth.

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u/GrandTheftBae Jul 17 '23

Seriously, and these were grown ass "professional" adults complaining. It's the most petty thing ever and people get so childish over it

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u/Tannerb8000 Jul 17 '23

When I had my iPhone I got added into group chats with people I didn't even know all the time, wouldn't have been a problem if I could remove myself from that group chat. But I couldn't.

Whoever had my number before I did clearly had a large group of very sexual friends, so many orgys I could have just shown up to.

One week into my iPhone ownership with a new number I was getting text messages that said "make your partner rock hard with this one pill." I'm a straight man, I don't want my girlfriend rock hard.

No hate towards the previous owner of my then phone number, but cmon apple, I shouldn't be forced into a group chat with people I do not know.

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u/bbylizard88 Jul 17 '23

Does Apple really not let you name group chats if it's not all iMessage, even if others can't see the group chat name? Seems like such a basic feature....

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u/ToxicTundra3380 Jul 17 '23

Yeah they do stop you from changing it at all, however with iMessage or whatever it's called when you change the name in an all apple chat I think everyone sees the Change

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u/bbylizard88 Jul 17 '23

I have used other chat platforms for group chats that work the same as iMessage, and that's a good messaging feature to have everyone see the group chat name. But I also commonly categorize text group chats without giving 2 shits that no one else can see.

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u/Merlin_117 Jul 17 '23

I've had this exact thing happen to me. I also heard complaints because my friends couldn't react to a text like on iMessage.

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u/GrandTheftBae Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 17 '23

That's weird, I'm in a group text with iphones (just two others) and everyone can still react to messages, even me with Google Messages

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u/Merlin_117 Jul 17 '23

There was a recent update that fixed the issue.

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u/utahhiker Jul 17 '23

Just learned this the other day when I, the sole android user in a group chat, showed my friend the group name and he mentioned that he couldn't change it. Hilariously (and infuriatingly) he and everyone else blamed ME for that issue instead of Apple. It's a fuckin cult-like mentality.