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The problem with your comment is that you are expecting every one to care about what you care, and you think you know better than any one else, different people have different expectations from a product, no single product can do everything a person wants, people evaluate what a product is capable of doing and does it have features they care most about.
"They are ignorant of other options." Don't think so, most of the people know what Android products can do, but that comes with some disadvantages like software support after releasing the product, privacy, some people want something simple without 1000 different settings/customization options. I Like Gnome because it has minimal design with lest customization options, some others like KDE with 10,000 settings/customization options. at the end of the day it is good to have competition, customers win. Pick what works for you & move on, no need to call them ignorant.
"because average Apple customer doesn't care" doesn't care about what you care about ? should they care about what you care about is the question.
Unfortunately I don’t think most people know what android devices can do if they’ve never used one. Of course, the same can be said for someone that’s never used an iPhone. My argument is that there are other options out there, usually for less, that can do more than an iPhone. Is it for everyone? Nope. My friend likes her iPhones because she can lock down her kids phones using parental controls easily. Meanwhile I can’t stand the fact that you still can’t place an app icon anywhere on your Home Screen. Everyone has priorities. But to say that you’d rather give your right arm than give up an iPhone…that’s just silly.
Meanwhile I can’t stand the fact that you still can’t place an app icon anywhere on your Home Screen.
But to say that you’d rather give your right arm than give up an iPhone…that’s just silly.
these 2 are just personal opinions. if you want to place an app icon where ever you want and if you are ok for Home Screen to be disorganized then you get android.
For me, being able to place icons anywhere I want - namely, at the bottom of the screen where my fingers can reach them easier - makes my screen MORE organized. Not something i'm willing to part with easily.
I switched from Android to iOS and I’ve never considered switching back. It wouldn’t benefit me in any way
People have been making this argument since 2011 (when I joined Macrumours), it was often touted as one of the key reasons why the iphone would flop (because Android evidently offered more for less), and ten years later, we have over a billion active iPhones in use.
I find that what detractors don’t grasp is that very often, people don’t pay for a product. Instead, they pay for a solution. And the fact that so many android smartphone makers have dropped out of the market despite offering “more” shows that it’s not enough to simply have more features on paper. You have to offer users “more” of what they want, rather than simply giving them more problems that they need to contend with.
And that’s why we don’t really see that many people on the android side arguing whether Android will ever replace your Mac or PC for “real work” the same way we have ipad thread wars. When someone tells you that android is “more powerful” than iOS, what they are probably talking about is the ability to change the UI font, or using a custom homescreen, or using Tasker to automate little things like turning off wifi as they are leaving the house.
They are not talking about actually getting real work done, because iOS is still home to the best apps (and apps continue to be the main manner in how users interact with their content), and while android does some things well, it likely falls on its face the moment you try to push it beyond the basics.
Meanwhile, the iphone is supported by an established ecosystem from the Apple Watch to AirPods to the iPad Pro to even airtags. And that’s really what users willing pay for - an integrated solution that works.
So here’s my perspective…
Company leadership typically goes in cycles… a generation of innovators followed by a generation of managers, rinse and repeat. I think Jobs sought to find the most innovative manager he could find that would grow the company and keep it stable while allowing the creatives to do what they do. Ie not be a bean counter. As such, at this moment they are putting out their best products of the last decade. The appeal of apple is “it just works”. Oh and it looks damn good doing it. Yes, I want 5g in a MacBook but Apple doesn’t give a **** what I want. Their audience of “artist” on YouTube is far larger than just me. Heck I’d settle for a MacBook with a 10-key. Anyway, I’m all for what they’re up too and apparently so are shoppers and stockholders.
Company leadership typically goes in cycles… a generation of innovators followed by a generation of managers, rinse and repeat. I think Jobs sought to find the most innovative manager he could find that would grow the company and keep it stable while allowing the creatives to do what they do. Ie not be a bean counter. As such, at this moment they are putting out their best products of the last decade. The appeal of apple is “it just works”. Oh and it looks damn good doing it. Yes, I want 5g in a MacBook but Apple doesn’t give a **** what I want. Their audience of “artist” on YouTube is far larger than just me. Heck I’d settle for a MacBook with a 10-key. Anyway, I’m all for what they’re up too and apparently so are shoppers and stockholders.