Android. I have an ipad and I hate how restricted you are in iOS. There’s no (official) sideloading of apps (yet).
Browsers suck hard. Everything is basically Safari with a skin. I wish I could get Firefox with full extension support.
I feel like I’m constantly battling the OS when I want to do something that seems really simple.
Case in point: you cannot remove photos from your photostream (or whatever it’s called).
You can add them to albums, sure, but they will also stay in the main feed. I want to move them and unclutter my feed.
And finally, and this might be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t think iOS is intuitive at all. I constantly have to google how to do things, only to often find I simply can’t, or not easily at least.
I prefer Android but am using a iPhone 13 mini. If imessage was on android I would drop it in a heartbeat. Apple's platform is amazing and if you are all in on it then you can prosper. The second you try to use an apple product or service different than apple intends, you will have a bad time.
I support apple for their privacy and update stances but I do not like their unwillingness to embrace other platforms.
Android all the way. I'm just not comfortable with the Apple ecosystem at all. iOS definitely has its advantages with the devices that run it being standardized. However, while I don't necessarily need bleeding edge everything, I enjoy personalizing things to taste, and ultimately do not like devices nor operating systems that are locked down tightly.
Android because it makes more sense to me, although that is probably because it is similar enough to windows type systems.
I have never enjoyed working with Apple products other than the iPod. It just feels like it is holding my hand and forcing me to do things a certain way that hides the details I care about.
I haven't used iOS since iPhone 4ish, so my notions may be obsolete, but...
I didn't like how locked down and nanny-ish iOS was. Can I download a file in one app and then use it in another? No. Whaa?
Android was far more open and easier to use. I first tried it by getting a Nexus 7 tablet, and then switched my phone as well.
Now, however, for the first time in a decade I'm actually considering giving the Apple side a try again. The flip side of all that lockdown is really seamless integration. Phone - mac - watch - tv - etc. iMessage. All appealing, vs the various "it's almost as good as" solutions in the Android world.
If I try it again, I think I'd do what I did the first time ... get an iPad, and if I liked it switch the phone later.
Neither really. But I guess it's between the OS that supports NewPipe, Tachiyomi, and EDOPro; against the easiest one to watch YouTube on its own platform & play Carcassonne on.
Interesting, the very Apple ecosystem that is often considered a huge positive is a negative in your case, interesting, I get where you are coming from though.
I currently use Android and I'm happy with it.
I'm not a tinkerer by any means, but I do enjoy a fair bit of third-party apps.
The lack of side-loading in iOS is the deal breaker for me, but should this be added, I would 100% try it out.
Yea, that would be great.
Though I've also heard they plan to keep it EU-only for compliance.
I hope it doesn't go like that and the feature gets enabled globally.
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