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> If Android weren't so awful Just curious, what is it that people don't like about Android?
by jamesrr39 3y ago
> If Android weren't so awful
Just curious, what is it that people don't like about Android?
- asciimov 3y agoUpdates. No guarantee that you will get the next OS update even on a brand new phone. Which stinks when financial apps require you be on the latest OS. Yes, this happened to me a decade ago on 2 different Android devices. Since then I've moved my family and extended family to iOS and my ongoing tech support is dramatically reduced.
- ripdog 3y agoJust buy Samsung or pixel. 7 years of updates guaranteed.
- asciimov 3y agoSure I can do that. It's a lot harder to tell older relatives, just go buy a Samsung Android. Likely they will come back with some low end android that the salesperson said was on sale. Where as If I tell, go get an Apple iPhone. They can pick that up and get the "right one", which ever it is.
- ripdog 3y agoI'm not sure I understand. Your relatives can remember to buy Apple but not Samsung? Also, Samsung offers lower end phones with lesser but still good update policies. They're good phones but a lot cheaper than any iPhone, which should satisfy your older relatives.
- asciimov 3y agoYeah, it's amazing. If I say buy an Apple iPhone and its very likely they turn up with an iPhone maybe not the one I told them but a new Apple iPhone. But if I say Samsung Android, they are just as likely to buy some weird no-name Android because it was a color they wanted or size or something the salesman pushed on them cause "Android is Android right?"
- ephemeral-life 3y agoCan confirm this is definitely a thing. Though in my case has to do with PC's. My mother needed a new computer and when searching online for a windows laptop, she always ended up looking at the cheapest garbage on sale. Im talking laptops that cost half as much as her iphone. But tell her to look for a mac and she will have to start looking at more expensive devices that won't be e-waste in 2 years. Pretty bizarre.
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agoYou should try a Pixel with GrapheneOS.
- asciimov 3y agoI know a lot has changed in 10 years, but I'm sure glad to be done with flashing an alternative OS onto my phone to get continued support or to rid it of bloat.
- rickdeckard 3y agoA lot happens in a decade, at some point even a browser flushes its cache and fetches new data... ;)
- asciimov 3y agoSure does. I have no problem with using android, but as long as I have to do family tech support, I'll stick to iPhones.
- mplewis 3y agoConsistency of user experience. Reliable security updates for old devices that still function. Heavy integration with the Google spyware ecosystem. Poor CPU performance and battery life. Low-quality peripherals such as cameras. Manufacturer defects in Google-branded devices.
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- sngz 3y ago> Consistency of user experience. like how the back gesture works on iphones across generation and apps? > Reliable security updates for old devices that still function 7 years of update isn't long enough? > Heavy integration with the Google spyware ecosystem last I checked iOS is closed source. Run your own OS or just don't use google apps. I bet most people are using gmail and google maps on their iphones too. > Poor CPU performance and battery life. compared to which android phone? and is this before or after apple throttles your iphone? > Low-quality peripherals such as cameras flag ship androids consistently have better camera hardware compared to iphones, iphone just makes it up with better camera software. You could go the sony route if you don't live in the U.S. to get a better overall camera focused phone. > Manufacturer defects in Google-branded device good thing you have options in android ecosystem.
- sngz 3y agoProbably cause it doesn't have an apple logo on it