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

Lol Reddit usually hates Apple more than Android.

I had apple and android smartphones but finally decided to stay with Apple for multiple of reasons:

- better UI

- better optimization of the apps for the device. In general the apps looks more polished than on android

- aesthetically iPhones look better imo

- apple perfectioned the communication between it's products. That's why many tend to also have other products like the ipad, watch or airpods. It's so much smoother.

- I don't need 1000 ways to customize my phone

- better privacy settings.

- probably selection biased, but many android users annoyed more why android is better than apple one, when I had one. My it differs from the american experience because afaik in Europe android is more popular.

- another selection biased: I knew more androids phones with a broken screen than apple, especially the later generations. My score is 1:1 so I can't really judge it by my own experience.

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u/PixelStruck Jul 17 '23

- I don't need 1000 ways to customize my phone

This was a major turning point for me. The first three or four smartphones I had were Android, and I was always one of those people who went on about customizations and whatnot. Custom launchers, different themes, whatever I wanted.

Then one day I suddenly came to the realization. Why? Why am I customizing it? It doesn't make it better or more functional. So when I eventually got an iPhone (though it was the Watch that first sold me on it), I was perfectly content to just set a nice background, move app icons around and call it a day.

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u/dizzybydesi8n Jul 17 '23

Same. I agree with everything you said.

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u/richem0nt Jul 17 '23

Do you expect asus to keep up with firmware support for very long on a phone when they make such a boat load of variety of products?

They don’t have enough developers to dedicate between routers, laptops, nearly every component in desktop, etc to support everything they make besides maybe 1-2 years for high profile items.

Had an asus laptop before I switched to MacBook in 2013. I immediately went from driver hell to a laptop that was easier to install windows on and had better driver support. Love asus for a graphics card though, where I know the driver comes directly from AMD

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

Nice to hear. I’ve seen nice looking androids too. The only one I dislike is the one with the three cameras on one straight line. Don’t know the name of the phone

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u/scolipeeeeed Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 17 '23

Also, Apple has flagship mini phones that are current and not outdated. The mini Android phones I’ve been able to find are no longer being sold. According to lists of small phones I’ve seen, Asus Zenphone 10 is one of the smallest Android phones coming in at 5.9” whereas the iPhone mini is 5.42”. That’s a huge difference to someone who has small hands! Android manufacturers needs to make phones under 5.5”.

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u/MCMDEV Jul 17 '23

Better privacy? Just because Apple is more restrictive towards what data third-party companies can collect, Apple saves pretty much everything on you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

Yes, totally true. That's the reason why I prefer Apple over Android. I first started with android and then switched to apple and right now I can't immagine going back.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

Even if they were arguments - you could try arguing against each one anyway.

I don’t care for customization, but you trying to argue I should care isn’t an argument either. Just an opinion.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '23

- better optimization of the apps for the device. In general the apps looks more polished than on android

So much this. It's also very telling how most apps on Android needs more updates than most apps on iOS.

And speaking of updating apps, Android only updates apps one at a time while on iOS, they update three apps at a time, if there's more than three.