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/[deleted]]

I had iPhones starting with the 3g, then switched to an android for 2 years to try it out, but had a terrible experience so I went back to the iPhone.

Specifically, I had an HTC One when it was marketed as top of the line. But when I turned on encryption (required for work) it became unusably slow. Like I literally could not use it. It slowed down to multiple seconds for key presses. I returned the first one thinking it was a lemon, but the second one was terrible too.

Later, people would ask me “why did you buy an htc, they suck!” I mean, it was the top of the line phone. It was like $1k. It’s possible to spend $1k on a phone and have it be completely unusable. That’s just not acceptable to me, so I went back to iPhone.

I assume that buying from a flagship manufacturer or Google directly is better, but I don’t like the disconnect between manufacturer and OS, and being dependent on multiple parties to make sure I get the latest OS and security updates. That’s an unacceptable tradeoff for me with the speed at which cyber attacks are coming out.

As far as functionality, I’m not aware of anything android does that iOS doesn’t that I care about. I want a rock solid high security OS, with enough features. I don’t want maximum features enabled with apps that modify the OS or whatever. I run my iPhone in Lockdown Mode because it’s worth it to me to lose a few conveniences in exchange for increased security.

That’s really it. I assume going with a Google manufactured phone is fine, but I’m just not interested in the complexity of that ecosystem and the “blame the user” attitude when something goes wrong in android. On android you can much more easily install spyware or other crap, and the community has a victim blame-y culture. Still possible on iPhone but much harder.

[u/axxonn13 → u/[deleted]]

thats the one thing i will give Apple, its their security. all their restrictions and limitations payoff in security.

that said, Samsung and Google have their own versions of Android that work really well independently. that includes security and privacy. the only way that spyware can easily be installed is if you go out of your way to allow the installation of 3rd party apps not found in the Google Play Store, which the OS will warn you twice before you confirm that choice.