Why so much animosity towards Android?

[Bnice]

I'm just wondering why so many folks like to talk bad about Android. I see it all the time, Android is fragmented,not polished and smooth like ios, the apps are ugly,it's buggy and so on.I can go on and on but I think it is just as good as wp7 and ios. I know it is not perfect but I don't see the same hate towards wp7 and ios like it is towards Android. So please share why you think so much animosity is toward Android. Please keep it respectful.

 

[jefboyardee]

It’s a wide open market, both hardware and software. That leads to everything imaginable being available, from great innovations to miserable failures and everything in-between. It’s not controlled to their specs, down to the gnat’s arse, like some other phone we know. I suppose for every person that gets irked at this wild abandon, someone on the other side gets irked about how tight and snotty it is over there.

 

[Logan47]

More often than not, people whom are not using Android or know anything about it will run it down as sadly in life some people seem to need to validate their own choices by demeaning those of others. The same thing happens in regard to individual phones...this one is great, that one is rubbish and so on. It's childish and pointless.

 

[ashykat]

More often than not, people whom are not using Android or know anything about it will run it down as sadly in life some people seem to need to validate their own choices by demeaning those of others. The same thing happens in regard to individual phones...this one is great, that one is rubbish and so on. It's childish and pointless.

I definitely agree with you there. I frequent all types of forums, WP7, (other) Android Forums, iOS forums, blackberry, webOS etc. The sad thing is there are a TON of android fans that do just that, they tear down anything that isn't android. In my experience I see it more on Android forums than anywhere else, this one included although it seems to have gotten better recently. Other people's experiences may differ of course, but I see a lot of people talking bad about Android on other platforms forums because of the experience some of them have had on Android centric forums (Not necessarily this one). It's shitty because we all know how great Android can be, but it's not for everyone. It's pointless to tear each other down. If someone else likes their HTC Titan, good for them, the phone must fit the user.

 

[autopilot1]

I have just changed from windows mobile to android because of the lack of availability of apps with windows mobile. Whether they are for business or pleasure, the windows mobile apps always seems to be last one to be built, if at all.

However in the very short time I have had my android (less than a week) I cannot believe that the standard contacts does not cater for sorting by company (or organisation) names. I have had this for over 10 years on the windows mobile. Something as simple as this is about to make me return the phone and go back to windows.

I have since searched for information about this in Google and found the very same critisims about contacts from 2 years ago - yet nothing has been done about it. Pity I didn't look before I purchased.

I have literally hundreds of company names with just a christian name - no surname - or even no name at all as they can regularly change, yet I have to use the search mode and then type in the business which is just ridiculous.

Android could have a huge business following but if it doesn't properly cater for business users they will go immediately to apple, and of course the android critism will carry on. Surely they know from previous Microsoft ignorance that they will just antagonise their customers to look elsewhere. People are just not as forgiving as they used to be.

 

[Bob Maxey]

Perhaps the best thing to do is ignore these people and be happy with what you have. No phone is perfect.

I read where Apple stole from Android and Android stole from Apple and Blackberry is better than Windows and Windows is evil because Bill Jobs created the company that is fighting with Apple for world domination.

Most people are happy with what they have and they do not give a rats red arse about the stupid and trivial crap we see spread across the net. Believe it or not, most users are happy with what they have.

 

[zuben el genub]

The other group that I've seen diss - "I've gotta have the newest thing" idiots.
They'll buy an Iphone because it's hot, a new review will praise Android, so now they buy an Android phone and diss Apple. When MS comes out with its new phone, these people will rush to buy it, and then diss Apple and Android until the whole circus starts again.

I'd like to know how they afford the ETF (they will change carriers, too) fees if this is constant behavior. I read the TMO newsgroups, see quite a few of these people and am assuming that all the other carriers have their share of the idiots.

 

[!on]

I think the percentage must lean towards the apple side for the flaming.

Honestly I believe the iPhone is aimed at a much larger audience that includes the elderly & children; & in between are the fickle people who are buying purely because of the apple fashion. But the truth is these people are playing catch up because, apple products have been around for years now, & suddenly they feel all smug about being part of an 'exclusive club'. It's a great bit of marketing from apple, because people NEED a phone, so there is the excuse to join said exclusive club... even if they are being ripped off for it.

It's all a shame really, because I tend to liken Android powered devices to Mac computers (note - I do not include iOS devices when I say this*) because of all the goodness & straight forwardness of a unix system. OK you may still have been fleeced for your Mac, but it's really about the operating system & all the benefits it brings in escaping Micro$oft.

iOS is a clever bit of marketing aimed at the fickle middle-ground audience. Much like Pop Music. It's just a shame that these people are so ignorant that they actually believe they have the First Ever Smartphone! It's like being preached to by a child, you just nod & smile at them.

* I'm still on Leopard. Isn't Lion supposed to be a nod towards iOS?

 

[ElasticNinja]

iOS gets way more general animosity. Android gets small amounts of invalid and very harsh criticism, but even so I dont think this qualifies for being a lot of animosity.

 

[gallandof]

one of the other reasons why android gets so much hate is because of the crappy android phones that make it to market.
because of these you get people who are comparing a 200$ off contract android phone to the 4s. obviously androids is going to be complete crap in that situation, where as if they just bought a high end droid they'd be better off. this is the number one reason I see customers come in and return their droids, and since modern day consumers aren't the most friendly, they tend not to listen anymore when we explain a droid that's priced to compete with an iphone will be much better than the current device, and the same if not better than the iphone.

 

[EarlyMon]

Ford vs. Chevy, BMW vs. Audi, plasma vs. LCD, Raiders vs. Steelers, Samsung vs. HTC, iPhone vs. Android.

Everyone has favorites, and wherever you go, you can find vocal fans.