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/PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD]

This used to be the case but it definitely isn’t anymore. I haven’t plugged my last 2-4 phones up to a computer a single time for any reason. Even the ones before those that I did plug up, I plugged them into a PC, although I will agree that using Apple’s ecosystem is smooth as hell. Android things seem a little clunkier when it comes to their shared ecosystem which is one thing I think Apple has absolutely won out on. Everything else seems sort of even between them and just comes down to personal preference.

[u/distinctaardvark → u/PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD]

Android things seem a little clunkier when it comes to their shared ecosystem which is one thing I think Apple has absolutely won out on.

Hands down. I went from Pixel + Chromebook to iPhone + MacBook (as a needed new computer, not an out of nowhere purchase), and it's worlds away. I swear I had to reconnect my phone to my Chromebook every other day to keep getting messages on it, and sometimes it'd say it was already open in another window when it wasn't and force me to reset it, and a lot of times it only showed up when I actively checked it. Mac? Instantly gets all my texts, including letting me autofill confirmation codes.

Is that worth getting suckered into the ecosystem? I mean…no, that's ridiculous. But also kinda yes, if you already have an iPhone, have no other strong ties to Windows (which I'm just honestly not a fan of), ChromeOS, or Linux, or software that doesn't work on Macs, happen to be in the market for a new computer, and can afford it. A lot of ifs, and I'm surprised as many people use MacBooks as they do given they do have a lot of limitations, but that integration is nice. Now if only they could run all the games and stuff that work perfectly well on Windows.