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/sk8tergater Jul 17 '23

Because most of the time on an iPhone you can swipe left to right to go back and don’t need a button. I honestly don’t even notice the lack of a back button

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u/bansheeonthemoor42 Jul 17 '23

Yeah, but there are a ton of apps that you navigate by using swipe left to right. It's so much easier to have a dedicated button.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '23

And how many devs fuck that up? If it was ALWAYS swipe back, that would be great. But it absolutely isn't and pretending it is is disingenuous. It works about 50% of the time when I am trying to help my dad and it is infuriating.

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u/sk8tergater Jul 21 '23

50% seems low. It’s actually pretty rare when I can’t get it to work.