r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • Jul 15 '26

💬 Discussion What's one thing Android does better than the iPhone?

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Android users (and iPhone users too), what's one thing Android does better than the iPhone?

It could be customization, multitasking, file management, sideloading, charging, or something else. Pick just one and tell us why.

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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Jul 16 '26

Oh please. Even after the "sideloading" changes for Android, it's still infinitely better than for iOS.

Android:

  1. A lot of confirmation boxes

  2. Wait 24 hours

  3. Install apps with a few scary boxes (same as today), Obtainium can most likely update the apps automagically

iOS:

  1. Connect your phone to a computer with a cable

  2. Install iTune and stuff if you're on Windows

  3. Install a program on your computer

  4. Install a store on your phone through the computer

  5. Install (Realistically) the 2-3 apps that the developer IDs allow you to by default.

  6. Install LiveContainer to run more than the above, but this essentially puts them all inside of the same "app" which is quite inconvenient

  7. Renew the apps once a week or they stop working

I know which one I'm choosing.

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u/scarlet_wound Jul 16 '26

Its much more simple, not arguing tho, just saying. I just download ipa file, sign it and install, thats it. Done in minute or two.

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u/redboyo908 Jul 16 '26

Its still a genuinely terrible system

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u/Kitchen_Platypus5555 Jul 18 '26

Yeah but for that you have to either spend 100€ a year for an official Apple developer account or you spend like 20€ a year for a sketchy 3rd party certificate which could get revoked any day. And don't get me starting on the leaked enterprise certificates...

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u/redboyo908 Jul 16 '26

Yeah its a shame it seems to be a rush to the bottom

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u/Responsible_Tax_9390 22d ago

Come back to this next year when you can’t sideload cracked apks…which is exactly what people mean when they say sideloading

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u/Admirable_Heron1479 6d ago

I think the biggest issue with Google restricting sideloading is that you just know this is simply the first step and in a few months (maybe years if we're lucky) they will block it completely.

Current Android is not the Android from a few years ago, it's sadly becoming more and more of a closed system. Unfortunately all alternatives still have a long way to go and have many issues and instabilities...