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I switched a few months ago and I can't believe the lack of difference. They are very similar. If I want to see the weather, I tap the square with a cloud on it

I switched a few months ago and I can't believe the lack of difference. They are very similar. If I want to see the weather, I tap the square with a cloud on it. If I want to start Spotify, I tap that icon. I turn it on and off with a button on the side and turn the volume up and down with the other buttons. The camera takes pictures and I can use the map to navigate in my car. Maybe the Apple camera is better this year, but the Google camera will probably be better next year. Both place calls and can send/receive text messages. For me (and I think most people) the two are very substitutable. One is a Toyota Camry and the other is a Honda Accord. They are both fine.

hsn915 4y ago
I don't know if this is supposed to be a serious comment. Everyone I know who uses an Android is frustrated with it all the time. I'm sure the people who make Android also think it's fine. You just tap the button and then an app opens. Who cares if it's janky and freezes half the time? Certainly Android developers don't seem to care.
- WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
  Not really my Android experience. Any bad Android vibes come two things. Apps that go from good UX to terrible UX or apps that intentionally behave badly (looking at you MS Outlook & your Bing Search poison)
  - the_only_law 4y ago
    > Apps that go from good UX to terrible UX or apps that intentionally behave badly At one point, I remember certain google sites displaying differently (and in an obstructive way) when I would browse from Firefox, but not from Chrome.
    - WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
      That's certainly a thing. Sometimes it's just lazy coding. Conversely, Firefox is the only app that lets me clean up bad site practices (eg: by using Kill Sticky). Conversely to that, in Android I have browse on FFx 68 because newer FFx (still!) has mostly non-existent extension support.
- criddell 4y ago
  100% serious. I switched to iPhone fairly recently. My last phone was a Pixel and it worked well enough but the battery was shot and the camera was a generation or two old.
- endtime 4y ago
  I have been using Pixels for many years and have never been frustrated with them.
- r00fus 4y ago
  I think iPhones are relatively homogenous but with Android - it really matters which phone you have (and whether they're running custom apps or closer to stock Android). So it's unclear when someone says "they feel very similar" without saying what "they" are.

hsn915 4y ago

I don't know if this is supposed to be a serious comment. Everyone I know who uses an Android is frustrated with it all the time. I'm sure the people who make Android also think it's fine. You just tap the button and then an app opens. Who cares if it's janky and freezes half the time? Certainly Android developers don't seem to care.

WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
Not really my Android experience. Any bad Android vibes come two things. Apps that go from good UX to terrible UX or apps that intentionally behave badly (looking at you MS Outlook & your Bing Search poison)
- the_only_law 4y ago
  > Apps that go from good UX to terrible UX or apps that intentionally behave badly At one point, I remember certain google sites displaying differently (and in an obstructive way) when I would browse from Firefox, but not from Chrome.
  - WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
    That's certainly a thing. Sometimes it's just lazy coding. Conversely, Firefox is the only app that lets me clean up bad site practices (eg: by using Kill Sticky). Conversely to that, in Android I have browse on FFx 68 because newer FFx (still!) has mostly non-existent extension support.
criddell 4y ago
100% serious. I switched to iPhone fairly recently. My last phone was a Pixel and it worked well enough but the battery was shot and the camera was a generation or two old.
endtime 4y ago
I have been using Pixels for many years and have never been frustrated with them.
r00fus 4y ago
I think iPhones are relatively homogenous but with Android - it really matters which phone you have (and whether they're running custom apps or closer to stock Android). So it's unclear when someone says "they feel very similar" without saying what "they" are.