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Devil's advocate: People using Android accept (for whatever reason) a less fluid, subpar UI and UX, while iPhone users are less likely to tolerate it (by nature

Devil's advocate: People using Android accept (for whatever reason) a less fluid, subpar UI and UX, while iPhone users are less likely to tolerate it (by nature of not using Android). Thus, using an iPhone could actually suggest a more sophisticated sense of taste i.e. being cooler.

chupchap 2y ago
Could you give an example for a subpar UX?
samplatt 2y ago
Devil's advocate or just trolling? I can't bloody stand using Apple's unintuitive garbage. I have great admiration for the hardware, but trying to drive their O/S I've always found to be a horribly frustrating experience.
- SunlitCat 2y ago
  While their mobile OS doesn't differ much in usability from android phones, the ux / ui on their desktop operating system can be quite frustrating, confusing and especially if you come from a windows world, outright weird.
  - DEADMINCE 2y ago
    I think it's poorly made, inconsistent and unintuitive no matter what you're used to.
kernal 2y ago
Devil’s brother advocate: People prefer using iOS over Android because they cannot handle having complete control over their UI and UX. They prefer having strict rules on what they can and cannot do and what apps they can and cannot use.
- voltaireodactyl 2y ago
  It’s a division of markets similar to the auto industry: you see tons of Camrys customized with after market parts, but very rarely a BMW/Lexus similarly tricked out.
  - kernal 2y ago
    Similarly BMW and Mercedes posers are notorious for sticking M and AMG badges on their cars. The badge doesn’t make the car go faster, but the perception that they belong to this elite club is worth it.
- ElFitz 2y ago
  Not entirely untrue. The last time I had an Android, I rooted it, replaced the boot animation with a Tardis, installed some anti-virus / anti-theft app that silently forwarded all received sms to my other number (and realised after selling it I hadn’t properly removed it). By the end of that first weekend I had had to reinstall Android / AOSP a dozen times, only to realise Monday morning I had somehow screwed up the cellular stack so I couldn’t use it. That’s when I realised I couldn’t trust myself with that kind of power.
DEADMINCE 2y ago
Honestly I think the iPhone UI is vastly inferior to Androids. I mean, jesus, they didn't even have folders or widgets until a couple of years ago.
Larrikin 2y ago
Material design is a better UI and UX experience and more thought out than iOS flat. iOS is more limiting overall which might be better for some users by providing less options. You can't install a virus, or any apps you want, if Cook doesn't approve it first. But complaining about design is a lazy complaint from 10 years ago when Samsung was fighting against a clearly better UI to differentiate its offering after Google spent the money to actually design a UI. Lag is an issue if you are comparing 100 dollar budget phones to the latest $1000+ iPhone. Not if you actually compare it to a comparable model.
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chupchap 2y ago

Could you give an example for a subpar UX?

samplatt 2y ago

Devil's advocate or just trolling? I can't bloody stand using Apple's unintuitive garbage. I have great admiration for the hardware, but trying to drive their O/S I've always found to be a horribly frustrating experience.

SunlitCat 2y ago
While their mobile OS doesn't differ much in usability from android phones, the ux / ui on their desktop operating system can be quite frustrating, confusing and especially if you come from a windows world, outright weird.
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  I think it's poorly made, inconsistent and unintuitive no matter what you're used to.

kernal 2y ago

Devil’s brother advocate: People prefer using iOS over Android because they cannot handle having complete control over their UI and UX. They prefer having strict rules on what they can and cannot do and what apps they can and cannot use.

voltaireodactyl 2y ago
It’s a division of markets similar to the auto industry: you see tons of Camrys customized with after market parts, but very rarely a BMW/Lexus similarly tricked out.
- kernal 2y ago
  Similarly BMW and Mercedes posers are notorious for sticking M and AMG badges on their cars. The badge doesn’t make the car go faster, but the perception that they belong to this elite club is worth it.
ElFitz 2y ago
Not entirely untrue. The last time I had an Android, I rooted it, replaced the boot animation with a Tardis, installed some anti-virus / anti-theft app that silently forwarded all received sms to my other number (and realised after selling it I hadn’t properly removed it). By the end of that first weekend I had had to reinstall Android / AOSP a dozen times, only to realise Monday morning I had somehow screwed up the cellular stack so I couldn’t use it. That’s when I realised I couldn’t trust myself with that kind of power.

DEADMINCE 2y ago

Honestly I think the iPhone UI is vastly inferior to Androids. I mean, jesus, they didn't even have folders or widgets until a couple of years ago.

Larrikin 2y ago

Material design is a better UI and UX experience and more thought out than iOS flat. iOS is more limiting overall which might be better for some users by providing less options. You can't install a virus, or any apps you want, if Cook doesn't approve it first. But complaining about design is a lazy complaint from 10 years ago when Samsung was fighting against a clearly better UI to differentiate its offering after Google spent the money to actually design a UI. Lag is an issue if you are comparing 100 dollar budget phones to the latest $1000+ iPhone. Not if you actually compare it to a comparable model.

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