Daily Poll 99: Do you prefer IOS or Android?

[trae-satterfield]

I hated apple for a long time, but I kept going through Android phones. I’d need a new one at least annually, and almost always because of a screen failure or a charging issue. One had a processor failure. I’ve had two iPhones now and each one has lasted me about three years. It’s a significant enough difference that I’ll probably stick with iPhones, unfortunately. I’m mostly concerned with longevity rather than processing power and features though.

[ben-ceci]

I’ve had apple for 13 years. Brother went to android, then came back to apple. I have no issue with it.

[eric-boehle]

I think one of the first smartphones I had was a Galaxy S1, think it was called Epic. After that I’ve been on iPhone ever since. I do miss the customizations you could do on an Android but I don’t think I could go back at this point, too used to the iPhone.

I have a question though, you said you didn’t like Apple’s business practices and I get it but isn’t Android tied with Google which we know is the king of censorship especially now? I generally know most if not all of these big corporations have some sort of corruption, but we are so reliant on their goods and services, so I just kind of chalk it up to it is what it is.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by  Eric Boehle.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by  Eric Boehle.

[coursin-hill]

Google is not a good company at all but they do have a lot of control. I do pay for Youtube premium since I’d rather not spend a lot of time watching ads. Odysee and Rumble are cool adn all but don’t match Youtube in terms of content and functionality. Apple does have a lot more control of the IOS ecosystem than Google does with Android. It does end up being a case of pick your poison and I’m not going to knock you for liking Apple products since there are legitimate reasons to do so.

[eric-boehle]

Oh you were talking about the ecosystem of iPhones and how they are generally more lockdown and non-customizable. I feel you on that, that’s the general downside to iPhones and I wish they were more customizable like Android but I try and find workarounds like using the shortcuts app. I still use YouTube myself, I have Odysee and Rumble but don’t find them as user friendly as YouTube.

Speaking of Odysee, whenever I type Covid on the app, Apple has disabled that search term so you would have to search that through the web version. So yeah I really understand what you were saying.