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Reading this entire thread makes me wonder why in the world wouldn't people use Android. From Aurora Store, as the safest method, which by-passes Google play locality restrictions, through the likes of F-Droid, all the way to dedicated apk files or site-repositories of such, of course with all verifications carried out, for safety/security reasons, there is an incredible wealth of resources. And I'm not even considering rooting, and/or alternative OS images, to the vendor provided ones.

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Following up on this, I realized I may have been harsh on the Apple phone supporters (I've been owning macbookpros since they first put a BSD flavor on these devices, so I am not an Apple "hater"), but - for me - having not paid for an app in ages (lots of iOS apps cost, when on Android are free), getting country local stores (for discounts), transportation, info/access and social contact media apps, throughout the world, via third party store (Apple won't allow my wife's phone to do such, as it is "stuck" on the US locale), network and security specialized apps allowing installs via apk files (not avail in Google or Apple stores), etc., etc. are now critical facilities for me.

To each his own, I guess ...

Android UI design sucks. Simple as that.

And Google sucks more than Apple. It's just a matter of choosing the least worst option for me.

This world is not black and white.

Inconsistent, buggy software, bloated.

Not everyone wants to use Android. I for one find it a buggy inconsistent mess of an OS and have no desire to have to screw around to make my phone work well. Not to mention the Google Play app store sucks hard. So much complete junk somehow promoted up to the top of the store.

Having to mess around with switching versions of Android to get one that doesn't suck isn't something most people want to waste their time on.

Also - performance. It's not even close to a debate that iOS has vastly superioir performance to Android IMO.

Device longevity, and screen size.

Android is not for everyone, just as iOS is not for everyone.

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