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Always fun to see Apple users step out of the RDF and gush over features that Android has had for years (not all of them, but a good chunk of them have been pre

Always fun to see Apple users step out of the RDF and gush over features that Android has had for years (not all of them, but a good chunk of them have been present in Android for a long time now). Edit: And yes, the UI/UX has changed remarkably little between Lollipop and Nougat, despite the popular memes amongst non-Android users... like the ones already repeated here.

askafriend 10y ago
It's never been about the features. We have this conversation every single time. Users care about the experience, and features are only a portion of the experience. That's what Apple really truly gets and other companies miss time and time again.
- nowayyeah 10y ago
  More than "experience" is about feeling special about spending thousands of euros on a stupid piece of plastic and be among the "elite".
  - iamdave 10y ago
    How many people can you count in your circle factually bought an iPhone for that precise reason?
- colemickens 10y ago
  And the UI/UX is hardly at all different than what has been shipping for the last 3 major Android versions. Again, none of this is new for people who are actually using a recent version of Android in the last 2-3 years, but go figure I get downvoted for pointing it out. Just as your comment proves, it's a sad, tired and completely out-dated meme that Android doesn't have good UX. And then these blog posts come along and I roll my eyes because my old phone that is 2 major revs behind Nougat looks and behaves virtually identical to Nougat. Ironically, there are good features in the last few major revs, but they're more about granular permissions and other functionality that isn't touched on by this article at all.
  - empath75 10y ago
    Perhaps writing in a less condescending way might attract fewer downvotes.
    - deleted 10y ago
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    - colemickens 10y ago
      It's hard to tell someone they're mindlessly repeating years-out-of-date, inaccurate memey tropes without coming across as condescending.
  - pyre 10y ago
    > go figure I get downvoted for pointing it out. I really hate this "I'm only stating the truth that people don't want to see! Wake up sheeple!" attitude that some people seem to cop.
    - colemickens 10y ago
      When I point out that something is out-dated and inaccurate and then someone repeats the exact same trope I'm criticizing along with a downvote... what reaction am I supposed to have? How would it go over if I wrote a blog post about how amazing iOS is now that it doesn't look all Aqua-themed despite that change happening years ago?
      - colemickens 10y ago
        Jeez, iOS is just looking so old: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/IOS_5_home_screen.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/IOS_5_home_sc...

askafriend 10y ago

It's never been about the features. We have this conversation every single time. Users care about the experience, and features are only a portion of the experience. That's what Apple really truly gets and other companies miss time and time again.

nowayyeah 10y ago
More than "experience" is about feeling special about spending thousands of euros on a stupid piece of plastic and be among the "elite".
- iamdave 10y ago
  How many people can you count in your circle factually bought an iPhone for that precise reason?
colemickens 10y ago
And the UI/UX is hardly at all different than what has been shipping for the last 3 major Android versions. Again, none of this is new for people who are actually using a recent version of Android in the last 2-3 years, but go figure I get downvoted for pointing it out. Just as your comment proves, it's a sad, tired and completely out-dated meme that Android doesn't have good UX. And then these blog posts come along and I roll my eyes because my old phone that is 2 major revs behind Nougat looks and behaves virtually identical to Nougat. Ironically, there are good features in the last few major revs, but they're more about granular permissions and other functionality that isn't touched on by this article at all.
- empath75 10y ago
  Perhaps writing in a less condescending way might attract fewer downvotes.
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
  - colemickens 10y ago
    It's hard to tell someone they're mindlessly repeating years-out-of-date, inaccurate memey tropes without coming across as condescending.
- pyre 10y ago
  > go figure I get downvoted for pointing it out. I really hate this "I'm only stating the truth that people don't want to see! Wake up sheeple!" attitude that some people seem to cop.
  - colemickens 10y ago
    When I point out that something is out-dated and inaccurate and then someone repeats the exact same trope I'm criticizing along with a downvote... what reaction am I supposed to have? How would it go over if I wrote a blog post about how amazing iOS is now that it doesn't look all Aqua-themed despite that change happening years ago?
    - colemickens 10y ago
      Jeez, iOS is just looking so old: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/IOS_5_home_screen.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/IOS_5_home_sc...