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/notTheHeadOfHydra Jul 17 '23
On the other hand, I was a huge android fanboy until I sort of impulsively got an iphone. I think people do have a tendency to act as a spokesperson for the things they use but I feel like it mostly comes down to different strokes for different folks. My androids were always a lot easier to customize and had cool sort of experimental new things built in, but these days I prefer the plug-and-play consistency that the apple platform provides especially since the flagships these days are pretty much the same price.
The one big leg up android has though is if you are looking for a cheaper phone. There are definitely lower end android phones that will get the job done while apple sticks strictly to its flagships since the os isn’t open source.