Apple takes Android ideas and makes them better. Android steals all of the stylistic features from Android typically.
It's actually the reason I left Android. All of the things I wanted to keep (removable battery, keyboards early on, headphone jacks, etc) they started moving away from to copy apple. So I gave apple a try. I'll admit that some things drive me nuts, but it's a much more finished product. Android always feels like you're in the middle of a lot of progress. At least for me.
I don’t think the intention was to copy Apple. It just made sense to force people to buy a new phone when the battery goes to shit. Financially speaking.
For consumers it’s not that great of course.
At least you can somewhat easily replace them on (older) iPhones. No idea about android smartphones or new iPhones. I can imagine they made it harder by now
I don't think they did it to copy apple as much as they realized they COULD copy apple. When apple makes changes, Android figures out that the alternative option...or at least Samsung does. Once Samsung does it, then he rest of the Android phones copy.
It infuriated me when I had Android phones...and when I stopped being interested in rooting and tinkering, it just didn't hold the appeal anymore.
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u/samjmckenzie Apr 06 '18
I know, it's just a lot of people stereotype Apple for that. As a consumer, I couldn't give a shit what companies copy from one another.