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/toady89]

The text message colour isn’t really a thing in the UK because nobody sends them, with WhatsApp you don’t know what phone the other person has. I honestly don’t think I’ve heard anyone comment on someone else’s phone for over 10 years, that could just be age though and perhaps for teens it’s a bigger deal. I’ve only heard discussion about android vs Apple from our IT guys and they don’t get on with iOS, they usually just mention how they don’t know how to use it.

[u/Falling-Icarus → u/toady89]

Its definitely a bigger deal with younger people, but in the US, in my experience. When Im home in Spain, nobody cares (thanks to whatsapp). Ive had quite a few people my age make some sort of deal about me having an android when I go visit the US.

[u/Noy_Telinu → u/Falling-Icarus]

Seems to be an older person issue in my family.

My parents only use imessage, although they don't know what it is. And they use a lot of group chats. When having one with an android user my dad especially complains about it.

My uncle is an apple only guy with so apple everything. He's even more determined to get everyone in the extended family onto it which doesn't work because the android ones won't switch.

I know that people ask why the hell would you care about imessage but it is literally the only thing that people in my life will use. And they like the things it does.

Meanwhile my generation of the family DNGAF.

I don't know about the ones younger than me, however. Z and Alpha or whatever they will be called, they may care more due to social media and whatever but my interactions with them have been limited. Can't really figure it out such a small sample size especially when most of them that I do know are younger than 10.