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I've always had Android so am well used to it. They seem cheaper, more open, more colorful, faster to type. My wife's iphone drives me nuts. I dont understand w

I've always had Android so am well used to it. They seem cheaper, more open, more colorful, faster to type. My wife's iphone drives me nuts. I dont understand why they're so popular.

canofbars 6y ago
I just switched from android after using it for the last 10 years. Largely I find them to be the same, the few things that really bother me is the lack of a back button and the lack of having photos sorted in the gallery. Its stupid how my camera photos get mixed in with memes saved off the internet. But the main reason by far I picked an iphone this time is Apple is not an advertising company and therefore doesn't have to disrespect my privacy. Its always comforting to open a page on an apple app and see a very plain text explanation of exactly what data the app stores, how it is always kept locally and if shared, apple only requests the bare minimum rights to provide the feature you are using. And then you look at a Google ToS that says "We can and will do whatever we want"
- Robotbeat 6y ago
  Yeah, agreed about the not-an-ad-company thing. Another selling point for Apple is their phones are supported for like 5 years of full OS updates, which is much longer than any Android phone.
- californical 6y ago
  I also just switched away from Android this summer, which I've been using since the very first days of smartphones. I had an iPhone 4S mixed in there for ~6mo when I broke my android and a friend let me have their old iPhone. Now I'm on the new iPhone SE, entirely because I lost trust in Google. I had been worried about Google for a while, but it all kicked off when a new job last year gave me a MacBook, and I realized that Apple things weren't actually as bad as I thought they were. The laptop was a little more expensive than a comparable linux laptop, but I liked a lot of things about it too. Ended up cutting out Google entirely, and couldn't be happier. Definitely makes me excited to talk about how I took back my privacy, even though it's still a bit weird paying the "actual cost" of web services rather than getting them for "free".
samatman 6y ago
There's something sticky about mobile operating systems. When I get on a Windows or Linux machine (assuming the latter isn't too... special), there are always a few things which trip me up. But a keyboard is a keyboard, same with mice and trackpads or whatever; I can get around, remind myself to hit control instead of command, use a few less shortcuts, get stuff done. But when I use an Android device I'm just... lost. Nothing works the way I expect, I don't like it and I don't want to learn. I can't even type on the damn things. None of that is Android's fault, it's because in the first case, the muscle memory is the input device, in the second case, the muscle memory is the operating system.
- mettamage 6y ago
  Fascinating, I simply switched a few times for fun. I'm currently better with an iPhone, but I can find my way around in both.
thebruce87m 6y ago
For me, in this order: Long Term support. Once I buy a phone (second hand, 1 year old) I don’t have to think about getting another one for at least 3 years since Apple will support it for at least that period. Cost - I normally get last years model second hand for £400-600. Generally I end up approx £100-£200/year when averaged over the remaining support period with a £100-£200 resale value at the end, beating all decent androids in price too. Consistently - My phone is a tool. I need it to get out of my way. I can’t be dealing with learning a new text message apps quirks every 2 weeks (Allo, Hangouts etc). Privacy - Apple, at least at the moment every move Apple makes seems to be in the opposite direction than most of its competitors. The illusion of some androids being cheaper is shattered when you consider that you are being sold too.

I've always had Android so am well used to it. They seem cheaper, more open, more colorful, faster to type. My wife's iphone drives me nuts. I dont understand why they're so popular.

canofbars 6y ago

I just switched from android after using it for the last 10 years. Largely I find them to be the same, the few things that really bother me is the lack of a back button and the lack of having photos sorted in the gallery. Its stupid how my camera photos get mixed in with memes saved off the internet. But the main reason by far I picked an iphone this time is Apple is not an advertising company and therefore doesn't have to disrespect my privacy. Its always comforting to open a page on an apple app and see a very plain text explanation of exactly what data the app stores, how it is always kept locally and if shared, apple only requests the bare minimum rights to provide the feature you are using. And then you look at a Google ToS that says "We can and will do whatever we want"

Robotbeat 6y ago
Yeah, agreed about the not-an-ad-company thing. Another selling point for Apple is their phones are supported for like 5 years of full OS updates, which is much longer than any Android phone.
californical 6y ago
I also just switched away from Android this summer, which I've been using since the very first days of smartphones. I had an iPhone 4S mixed in there for ~6mo when I broke my android and a friend let me have their old iPhone. Now I'm on the new iPhone SE, entirely because I lost trust in Google. I had been worried about Google for a while, but it all kicked off when a new job last year gave me a MacBook, and I realized that Apple things weren't actually as bad as I thought they were. The laptop was a little more expensive than a comparable linux laptop, but I liked a lot of things about it too. Ended up cutting out Google entirely, and couldn't be happier. Definitely makes me excited to talk about how I took back my privacy, even though it's still a bit weird paying the "actual cost" of web services rather than getting them for "free".

samatman 6y ago

There's something sticky about mobile operating systems. When I get on a Windows or Linux machine (assuming the latter isn't too... special), there are always a few things which trip me up. But a keyboard is a keyboard, same with mice and trackpads or whatever; I can get around, remind myself to hit control instead of command, use a few less shortcuts, get stuff done. But when I use an Android device I'm just... lost. Nothing works the way I expect, I don't like it and I don't want to learn. I can't even type on the damn things. None of that is Android's fault, it's because in the first case, the muscle memory is the input device, in the second case, the muscle memory is the operating system.

mettamage 6y ago
Fascinating, I simply switched a few times for fun. I'm currently better with an iPhone, but I can find my way around in both.

thebruce87m 6y ago

For me, in this order: Long Term support. Once I buy a phone (second hand, 1 year old) I don’t have to think about getting another one for at least 3 years since Apple will support it for at least that period. Cost - I normally get last years model second hand for £400-600. Generally I end up approx £100-£200/year when averaged over the remaining support period with a £100-£200 resale value at the end, beating all decent androids in price too. Consistently - My phone is a tool. I need it to get out of my way. I can’t be dealing with learning a new text message apps quirks every 2 weeks (Allo, Hangouts etc). Privacy - Apple, at least at the moment every move Apple makes seems to be in the opposite direction than most of its competitors. The illusion of some androids being cheaper is shattered when you consider that you are being sold too.