Yeah, there's no crazy hate going in the other direction on this forum. Certainly not someone expressing pity because some group needs to find "better things to do", that's not at all hypocritical.I'm both Android and iOS user and I love both OS's (only after I jailbreak and root them), but I feel really pity for those diehard Android fanboys, hating so much on a brand and making so much effort expressing it everywhere online. They really need better things to do..
Yeah, there's no crazy hate going in the other direction on this forum. Certainly not someone expressing pity because some group needs to find "better things to do", that's not at all hypocritical.
Really? Try reading the first reviews of Google Photos or Google+. There were plenty of 1 star reviews saying Google is the devil and spaying on all your pictures and data. Heck, the Nest app has plenty of reviews saying Google is watching your every move (I doubt most of those reviewers even have a nest thermostat). You don't see them easily because Apple doesn't show those types of unhelpful reviews first.I just read through a bunch a of reviews of Google Search and didn't find anything as insane as the ones left for Move to iOS. So whatever point you're trying to make, its' incorrect.
Doubtful. I would hazard apps like Google search and Google photos on iOS have many more 1 star reviews (that have nothing to do with the app) overall. The difference is those apps have been available for so long the good reviews drown them out. Clearly, in this case, it struck a cord because Apple's app is designed to help you move to iOS. Google really doesn't have such an app on iOS. I suspect if they did, it would have the same type of bad reviews.True. Of course you're going to get sour grapes on both sides. The difference here is the proportion of one to the other. Proportionally, Android users have proven to be worse, which is reflected in the rating.
Hey man, don't ruin their narrative. To them only Google has rabid diehard fans that dislike everything Apple.Really? Try reading the first reviews of Google Photos or Google+. There were plenty of 1 star reviews saying Google is the devil and spaying on all your pictures and data. Heck, the Nest app has plenty of reviews saying Google is watching your every move (I doubt most of those reviewers even have a nest thermostat). You don't see them easily because Apple doesn't show those types of unhelpful reviews first.
14k out of 17k of the reviews were 1 star, according to the screen shot posted above. I think it gives an idea the percentage of the insecure fanboy bunch. It really is sad.
Yeah, and if Google made an app for moving to iOS (and Apple allowed it in) there wouldn't be a lot of 1 star ratings because it's about moving to Android.
You really need to get off this site only if you actually believe that.Proportionally, Android users have proven to be worse, which is reflected in the rating.
Hey man, don't ruin their narrative. To them only Google has rabid diehard fans that dislike everything Apple.
Apple certainly couldn't have those types of fans. /s
Its not a legitimate reason to give it one star, as it has nothing to do with the app being reviewed.
It is a legitimate reason to complain about Apple's practises though. The irony of Apple not allowing a mention of Android in an iOS app, while creating their own app for Android to convert customers over (that would mention iOS and Apple countless times) hasnt been lost on me.
A rebranded app just shows that apple is not committed to anything outside their products. Taking shortcuts (again) where it can. Have some pride in your work.
So Google should not make iOS apps then? Same for MS?
While I think its easier to make apps for iOS, its not to say Apple shouldn't expand their reach.
Because Android users secretly wish they had an iPhone, hence the whole "we hate Apple" sort of attitude. Unfortunately they can't afford an iPhone and they turn that love into hate so they subconsciously still have a relationship with the brand that everyone else around them is talking about. Can't scientifically explain why, maybe my psychologist wife can...
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Let me get this straight. This is a copy of another app on the Android store that got 4/5 reviews. All they did was slap an Apple skin on it and mention the concept of jumping ship from iOS to Android and the app gets 1/5 from 12,000 out of 15,000 reviewers? And their only complaint is that it mentions Apple and has iOS artwork? But the app functions completely and is bug-free?
Where there you have it folks. Statistical, factual proof that 80% of Fandroids are the true 'mindless sheep' they so adruosly claim iOS and Apple fans are.
Ironic and deliciously satisfying. I wonder if they realize, in an attempt to take a stab at Apple, they shot themselves in the foot.
Really? Try reading the first reviews of Google Photos or Google+. There were plenty of 1 star reviews saying Google is the devil and spaying on all your pictures and data.
Obviously iOS has some influences from Android, but not the fundamental framework of how the entire interface works. It just always makes me laugh. Someone saying "I hate Apple products!" While typing on a glass multitouch display virtual keyboard that has the letters appear above your finger when pressed, inside of a WebKit browser, scrolling with momentum based physics that makes the page feel like it's floating, inside of a black or white rectangular slate that has the entire front surface covered by glass including the bezels.
Good, Apple should be focussed on their own products, not outside ones. Let them contract someone with a proven Android app record instead of reinventing the wheel and wasting time on a half baked app. This is a very smart shortcut they should've taken.
Difference is Google and MS are primarily software companies and it's in their best interests to make iOS apps, whereas Apple is hardware first and they're not concerned with Android apps for the most part.
No. Google Apps in the App Store have good reviews. And the Apple haters/Androd fanboys FAR outnumber Apple fanboys. This is why tech blogs have learned that click bait articles about Apple generate the most clicks.
Agreed. Apple users give competing services a fair shot: gmail, ms office, etc. All well reviewed. Android fans are especially rabid
The "pseudo neutral observer" comment... (an annoying trope) doesn't hide were you stand...
Thanks for clearing this up so I can avoid your future posts.
The percentage is based on those that reviewed the app, not all Android users, but you can apply these figures to the entire population.How did you work that statistic out?
Quick search shows roughly 950,000,000 Android users. So in comparison that means 0.0012% rated this app.![]()
The percentage is based on those that reviewed the app, not all Android users, but you can apply these figures to the entire population.
The exact math is 12,000/15,000 = 80% of the people that reviewed the app flamed it for the wrong reasons - ala sheepish Fandroids.
It's called a 'representative sample' in statistics. According to why we know about staticial formulas/models and the standard deviation curve, if you have at least 1,500 data points, you can extrapolate data to the entire population with only a 3% margin of error. There are 15,000 data points in this case, so the margin of error is much lower.
To be fair, you could argue that this may not truly be the best 'representative' or random sample of you include 'review bias' in that people only tend to rate apps or give really bad or really good feedback based on emotion, but the statistics are still very telling.