Everyone has their preferences, I would love to hear why you guys prefer using Android!
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I could post why I do not like Apple, but that isn’t why I prefer Android.
I like how there are a ton of options on Android. I can control what hardware I have, from an ultrabudget $100 phone to a $2000 foldable flagship. I can choose how I control my device, I can choose how my device looks. All of these things add up to letting me have the best experience.
I also like how you can install custom ROMs on many devices. This allows even more options in terms of personal control.
Don’t like Apple’s anti consumer attitude, same reason I don’t buy Nintendo products.
@Cameri I came to Android to use rif for reddit. It’s gone now and now i’m using the mastodon app chatting with everyone on lemmy.world and other instances. I have a main account on lemmy.world but i just use it to moderate my sub check my notifications and that’s about it. I really like my S23 though
The simple act of trying to transfer ownership of an iPhone from one daughter to another this week almost broke me. I hate how difficult they make everything.
Was it more involved than sign out -> factory reset -> set up as a new phone? (I’m just curious, have been on android for a few years now)
There were some self inflicted complications to be fair. I couldn’t fully back up the broken phone because it was in a family group with an expired payment card. My wife hadn’t had her iPhone for years so that was a pain in the arse to resolve which included waiting nearly two weeks for an email from Apple. Even when I got into her iCloud account updating the bank card failed every time, also you can’t modify a family group in the browser. I ended up borrowing a family members old iphone so I could set it up as my wifes and disband the family group, then update the payment method directly on the broken phone. We could then pay the 70p or whatever for additional storage and back it up. I couldn’t factory reset the other phone because in addition to the passcode, you also needed the screen time passcode which nobody could remember. I eventually installed iTunes on my PC and wiped it that way. I mean if you know all the security information I imagine it’s a lot easier but I wouldn’t have had this much trouble had they been android phones.
Not an Apple fanboy in the slightest but one could argue that the fact it was so difficult (without knowing ALL the security details) is a feature not a bug.
Agreed, but I wasn’t even able to reset the screen time passcode on the phone where we actually knew all the other security details.
other linux phones are not really viable. I dont like supporting apple and even if I didnt care about that, their iOS is far too restrictive.
also Tachiyomi
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- Firefox with addons
- NewPipe with SponsorBlock
- USB type C
- Custom ROMs
- APK Sideloading
- USB Debugging for testing my Godot projects directly on the phone
- No apple tax
- Maybe more…
The camera on the pixel phones.
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There is a lot more freedom on Android. I want to be able to side load.
I want my app icons close to the bottom of the screen where my hands are and not at the top of the screen just because Apple demands it. Also I can have ad free apps like ReVanced
In Turkey, Apple products are exorbitantly priced due to factors such as exchange rates, taxes, and so on.
I dislike Apple alot, stupidly Expensive, more than they devices worth, very restrictive on what you can do with them (treat their customers as kids) and their monopoly.
There is also a wide variety of Android phones with different price ranges, and features (like my beloved headphone jacks), wider customisation and a somewhat better repaiability sometimes.
things I dislike about Apple + things I like about android = preference.
I agree with almost everything you’ve said, but how do you consider Apple a monopoly?
Their ecosystem is closed is what he means.
I can’t get past feeling like iOS is more like Baby’s First SmartPhone™ OS. I can get it if you’re buying something for a child, or like your elderly parents or something, but it’s all just too rigid, too simple, too walled in, and basically designed to keep unsavvy users from breaking anything. It’s like the child-proof cap of operating systems. Android phones are more open, flexible, granular, varied and innovative. I just don’t see myself ever switching.
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The battery tastes better.
What you been eating my guy
Batteries.
Fair enough
iOS is confusing as hell and extremely limiting.
I will agree it’s limiting, but it isn’t anywhere close to confusing. The one thing I will say is that some app settings are tucked away in the iOS settings app, which I would prefer them to be in the actual app.
Beyond that, I don’t find it confusing at all.
Both are correct. You can hand an iPhone to a 3 year old and they’ll figure it out. If you’re used to Android and care about changing things or accessing files, iPhone is a pain in the butt.
There’s always a learning curve going from one thing to another. Like you said, going from Android to iOS, learning the UI and where things are placed may take some time to get used to at first. I went from Android to an iPhone 12 a couple years ago, and it took some time to learn. Same goes for switching from iOS to Android. That being said, it doesn’t mean the UI is confusing.
