Ok that's fucking stupid.
Yea, among other things, I'm not going through the process of migration just to prove a point. Too much work for uncertain returns, and on top of that I'll end up hating my phone. Why'd I do that?
I'm running a Google Pixel + a popular open source android ROM. No Google.
When will I change my phone? When my Pixel dies and I buy another pixel to install an open source android ROM without Google.
The thought process is…. Convoluted, at best.
Switching platforms annually also is a) worthless, because if adopted at large scale, it’s a wash…. And b) Quite a bit of work mentally readjusting annually.
I can’t even.
Switch. Buy an iPhone to make Google and Samsung scared.
No, i dont think i will. Every time i use an iphone it makes me want to scream because it dictates what i am and am not allowed to do and how its done. No thanks.
The article is quite harmless compared to the silly title.
But the main argument is that Android has too many settings and options where users don't even know what they are good for. And with further development it's getting more features and more options.
That seems to be a very minor and rather luxury problem to have more and more features and options.
On the PC, there are lots of programs that already use a short list of options available and then a checkbox with 'I'm an expert' or 'Advanced settings' to show them all. More settings means more freedom for the user to chose from. Hiding them would be a simple task. But just because they exist and are shown, this doesn't mean that anyone has to click on anything without even knowing what it does. So it's not really a problem besides reading 3 more words in the list of settings but not doing anything with it.
For options I don't know, I just use a web search in case I'm interested. Or I just ignore them as long as I don't have a problem related to the topic.
I hate the Apple approach of "90% of users don't understand this, so we won't allow it". That's exactly the reason I cannot use Apple products. I've always argued exactly like you - offer expert settings instead. That requires more testing for their QA but PCs are still around, so it's obviously doable.
Android (on Pixel devices) has gotten better. iOS has largely stagnated over the past 5 years.
The article has a somewhat misleading title. The author’s main gripe is with Samsung. Samsung =/= Android.
Pretty much this.
The android experience on a Samsung is worlds apart from the experience you'd get on a Pixel, or any of China's domestic brands that use an entirely separate appstore
“Android OS is bad”?, compared to IOS 17? At this point IOS just feels like an Apple flavor of Android, similar to other brands like Samsung.
As an iPhone user, I can confidently say that most of Apple’s OS innovation in the last two years has primarily been adopting Android features that have existed for years. The whole reason I switched from Pixel to an iPhone 13 Pro was because Apple had finally caught up to Android and aped so many Android features and design choices that I felt like I could switch and enjoy the connectivity features with my friends and family who have iPhones, without sacrificing all the Android features I’d come to know and love.
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