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iPhone users, what's stopping you from switching to Android? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] platypode@sh.itjust.works 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

            
              Cross-device integration/the Apple ecosystem. I use a Mac for my userland computing, and the ease with which it works together with my phone is a killer feature. Also in this category is integration with my family's Apple devices.
The software ecosystem. Apple's first party apps and services are really nice across the board, and once again the ecosystem integration is the single biggest reason I use an iPhone. (the user facing apps, at least--Xcode and everything related to it are hot trash).
Purely subjective, but Android is ugly to me. The hardware, the OS(es), and the apps just look bad to my eye. The iPhone looks and feels nice in a way that I haven't experienced in an Android product.
I don't trust Google and I can't be bothered to spend any time configuring my phone. I spend too much of my life installing shit and tinkering with config already; I want a phone that just works out of the box.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

Pretty much the same for me. I try to do zero business with Google. I tried android several times and it just felt like a rough draft of a real product.

[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Never trust Google. But do you trust Apple?

[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

More than Google tbh

[–] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes. For sure. People downvote you, but you are correct.

I switched from Google after talking to a data engineer who was lamenting how little data he could get from iPhone users compared to Google. Google gave him everything. I work for a company that buys advertising data from Google. We don't from Apple.

Maybe they are both bad, but it's not nearly equivalent.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -1 points 4 months ago

That’s my take. I really dislike Google. I avoid using anything Google. I am not saying apple is perfect but they are not Google