I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

Post by sergiosgc » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 9:29 PM UTC

pasbesoin wrote: post #117

taesu wrote: post #78

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These things that you mentioned, you didn't really have to do. Buy a nexus, and it's as clean as it gets. What you're saying is that you left the freedom of your device to jail yourself into simple interface...? I do agree though, that those samsung/lg/etc phone have lots crapwares + carrier crapwares.

In 5.x -- because Moto/Verizon refuse to update my X to 6 -- the path to add a news number in my call list to my list of contacts is... several steps and non-obvious, via the route of the command to "edit number before calling". With each Android revision I've encountered, I feel more pissed off at it. Whoever's making these changes -- it feels like they are jerking me around for the sake of their own purposes -- whe…

Post by c22 » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 9:30 PM UTC

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An item that can't be maintained is an dark pattern. It is a sign of planned obsolescence. It is goes against the interests of the user. Items should be designed to have long lifetimes. This only doesn't happen because capitalism incentives manufacturers to sell consumers a new product as often as possible. There is no reason an item can't be user friendly, reliable, and maintainable.

I bought my Corolla off the lot in 2004. It currently has 120k miles on it and I've never had a major problem with it. OTOH, I always maintain it by taking it into the shop and having them do what they do. The only issue I'm having now is the A/C would sometimes go out last summer, but I'll be getting that looked at as we get into the summer months. I expect this vehicle to be running just as well at 240k miles. I've…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 9:31 PM UTC

jamisteven wrote: post #260

I for one could never go back to Android. iOS is just such a better user experience, much more fluid. Android feels like Cisco Voice's product lineup, all pieced together. fragmented applications and processes that dont work side-by-side with eachother. The other reason, which is huge to me, is the hardware. I am huge on how things feel in the hand and in my opinion apple's hardware is just far superior to anything o…

Post by klarrimore » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 9:32 PM UTC

jamisteven wrote: post #260

I for one could never go back to Android. iOS is just such a better user experience, much more fluid. Android feels like Cisco Voice's product lineup, all pieced together. fragmented applications and processes that dont work side-by-side with eachother. The other reason, which is huge to me, is the hardware. I am huge on how things feel in the hand and in my opinion apple's hardware is just far superior to anything o…

Post by Grishnakh » Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 9:32 PM UTC

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jarjoura wrote: post #12

I think apps are in a lull right now because most were abandoned and left users feeling jittery about pouring their lives into them. Also few apps spent the effort to take advantage of working offline. If I'm in the subway, I'm basically unable to use anything except games. Although the last couple of games I couldn't play because they were trying to connect to an Ad server that would fail and so the game wouldn't pr…

Not just to ad servers. Some games that have no need for online-only modes are starting to function that way as well. I suspect it was thoughtlessness on the part of the developers ("When would someone ever be without the internet?" "When they're on a cross-country flight!"). This reminds me, I should find a comment box on their site and suggest they fix this, it was incredibly frustrating being barred from a game I…