Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
by hedgehog on Saturday April 23, 2022 @03:57PM
(#31137894)
Most people just buy whatever they had last, whatever most of their friends and family have, or whatever is cheap. I doubt more than 10% of people think about it very hard.
Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
by lumb63 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @03:29PM
(#31137604)
I still think the ultimate platform is yet to be out there. It’s foolish in hindsight to religiously fanboy either iOS or Android. There is still no platform that is fully featured, with strong network effect (where needed - which should be less than it is), privacy, security, open source, control in the hands of the user, customization…etc. The idea that users should have to choose one or the other and cannot like all the features is perhaps holding us back.
Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
by IfOnlyYouKnew on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:25PM
(#31139685)
FWIW that underhanded description of Apple users as idiots who value looks and brand names and can't be trusted with a real computer is... annoyingly old.
Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
by vmception on Saturday April 23, 2022 @11:17PM
(#31141018)
In US, iphone possession is 74% of 18-24 year olds, with more planning to when it feels practical/responsible!
its not the early 2000s anymore!
Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
by vmception on Saturday April 23, 2022 @03:17PM
(#31137473)
yeah maybe.
In this case its just tech enthusiasts that fall for evangelizing the technical prowess while ignoring that the social aspect of a technically good-enough system is more important to people. tech enthusiasts do this in other areas of their life too. just a heavy correlation, which people experience nationwide.
This might be the most ironic comment I've read in a long time. 90%+ of users on both platforms are purely religious about their choice, and if there's one thing I can say that most of them have in common, it's (over)confidence that they understand "the other side" while utterly failing to. There are 3 topics that I used to discuss regularly but now avoid with most people because too much processing happens in the Amygdala: religion, politics, and phone religion (aka iphone v. android).
I think it's also worth adding that a lot of "preference" just comes down to choice based on values. If you highly value cohesive user experience, security (especially from own mistakes), and brand recognition/status, more curated app store, then iPhone is a good choice. If you highly value device ownership (for example my device, my choice to sideload or root, ability to run apps that can reach deeper into the device, unlock bootloader and install custom ROMs), price (not really true anymore though), etc then android is for you.