>First, we need to order a SIM. You can order a sim with a new number, which is what I did, but you must also enter a phone number for the delivery address. If

>First, we need to order a SIM. You can order a sim with a new number, which is what I did, but you must also enter a phone number for the delivery address. If you are trying to sign up for Fi, but do not currently have a phone number, I guess you’re out of luck. Somebody didn’t really work that user story all the way through. Fi is designed for phones with eSIMs. With any model of Pixel and a small list of other phones, you don't need to wait for a physical SIM to be shipped to you, and (anecdotal) the 3 times I used it the activation was complete in <10 minutes. >Once it turns on, the screen plays this insane Hello Moto video thing with flashing colors. Possibly the most garish thing I’ve ever seen, without exaggeration. Let me guess, you're an American who lives in suburbia? In places where the smartphone market is competitive you get a lot more garishness, so I guess your views don't align with the majority of customers on that one. >I pass through the airport and get to the bus stop. Still no data. Fortunately, I already knew which bus to take. I arrive at my destination downtown. Still no data. I wait a bit longer. I wait a whole fucking week. Still no data. I do not know what Google defines a few minutes to be, but I think reasonable people will agree it’s less than a week. I do not like Google Fi. Google Fi is a liar. Project Fi has had the best support of all 8 cell phone carriers I've ever used, so if anyone else is in a similar situation, don't be afraid to check with their support, since one of the selling points of Project Fi is ease of access to support on a smartphone. >The on screen keyboard defaults to shifting the first letter of a sentence, which is helpful. Unless I’m doing something esoteric like entering a username into a website. So then I press the shift key, which... turns on caps lock. Nobody wants that. You've been able to choose what keyboard you want for a decade on Android and the case you describe is the only time I've heard of that problem since a couple generations ago. AOSP keyboard will still capitalize if the website has incorrectly marked the field as text rather than a username, but that's not really the keyboard's fault. There are way maybe genuine criticisms of Android in this comment section than there are in the article. If you approach a new piece of technology expecting to dislike it - or expecting it to perfectly mimic it's competitors - you're going to have a bad time. Most of the criticism in the OP (to me) smacks of someone who doesn't really want to be using Android. For most of 2018 I was using an SE alongside my Pixel 2; I noticed plenty of issues with Android and iOS in the course of that usage, but not one of those overlaps with the article, which makes me think either mine or the OP's usage was superficial.