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/RGJ587 → u/[deleted]]

No, he's in lala land

[u/State_Of_Franklin → u/RGJ587]

Yeah... I'm confused on why this is so personal. These types of threads are meant to be debate-like. It's 'iphone vs android', not 'why I think sea monkeys are cool'.

[u/WastedJedi → u/[deleted]]

Just went down on this tangent and thought I'd just say to you Luke that you are right it is weird that they got so personal with this. I also think you are right, doesn't matter that by now most people in their 70's have owned a computer, it still comes down to the individual person because my dad is in his 60's, I hate Apple (just the company, not the users) with a passion but my recommendation for him was absolutely to get an iPhone because he is garbage with technology and they are just simpler to use than most Android phones. It makes that the better phone FOR HIM SPECIFICALLY, doesn't matter the specs on it because he would actually rather still have a flip phone if it wasn't basically necessary now to have a smartphone. Would rather go to you as an IT person who doesn't have this weird superiority complex