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If I could have Android/Linux/whatever I choose on Apple hardware, I absolutely would purchase

• unethical_ban 4y ago
  I bought an iPhone 14 pro. Switched back to my s21 within two weeks. On apple, the animations are slicker, the hardware much better, and arguably the software stack higher quality. The Bluetooth audio quality was noticeably better on every device I used, from old car to brand new stereo. But the always on display isnt as good, focus modes didn't work quite like I wanted, widgets are less powerful, the notifications UI is inferior, and accessing system settings is more cumbersome. Bonus: the lightning port is inferior. So yes. I would love the android software architecture with apple hardware and privacy.
  • zcmack 4y ago
    same experience here but am a pixel person, not samsung. why is the notification experience on iOS so bad? it feels like doing chores. i figure system settings are annoying because the default is good enough for most users.
    • radlad 4y ago
      The goofy thing is that I remember when iOS used to be _better_ at notifications. Android didn't used to give you so much control over app notifications and iOS required apps to use them much more sparingly. I still have issues with Android's notifications though. Some apps insist on using a single "General" category that includes both notifications I require as well as marketing and advertisements.
    • unethical_ban 4y ago
      My main gripe was that each notification was a separate bar item that I had to clear out - five messages from the same person in the same app, is five notification bars in the menu. And the "smart" grouping I don't think fixes that. I like MacOS okay, but re: notifications, they too have this abysmally small "X" to clear out notifications. They're just... annoying.