henrokk1 t1_j5ux732 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 7:09 PM

I was getting tired of Google’s messaging system.

They put out hangouts, I convinced a good amount of my friends and family to use it, they shut it down.

They put out Allo, once again I convinced a lot of people hey let’s all start using Allo instead of shitty ass SMS. Google shut it down.

Then they started adding RCS to the stock messages app, but by then everyone was just using iPhones and they told me to fuck off.

Plus I was also getting sick of Pixels slowing down after a year or so. Had nothing but terrible experiences with Samsung phones. Although apparently the year I jumped shipped is the year Google finally decides to put out a great pixel phone. So that’s just my luck I guess.

I loved my first years with my Pixels, but I’m also just getting to the point where I don’t want to customize my phone more than what the iPhone allows me to. And I’m someone that used to root all my phones and load up custom roms . The iPhone is just a simple phone that works out of the box and works well. I don’t even change my ringtones anymore.

There’s still plenty of things I prefer on Android, but it’s like 85% the same in day to day usage, and the eco system like Apple Watch and AirPods doesn’t hurt.

arootinr89 t1_j5y206b wrote on January 26, 2023 at 10:24 AM

oh man this is literally me! every single word.
I used to have the Sony Ericsson x10 , then the LG Nexus 5, Nexus 6p and Pixel 3A XL. But then I was already sick of all Pixel failures so I got the IPhone 13 pro Max. I still miss using Android but no device seems to be this good hardware wise.

SgtEddieWinslow t1_j65nyt7 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 9:57 PM

This sounds very similar to me.

I was an android user since the OS was first released. I was a big pixel fanboy. Loved the camera on the pixel devices. Had the pixel 1xl,2xl, 4xl and then the pixel 6 pro.

The 6 pro was such an abysmal device for me, frustrated me to no end. I just said fuck it, jumped ship to apple to try them out. Bought the 13 pro max.

Honestly I could switch back to android tomorrow, there is pro’s and con’s to each operating system. But iOS does what I need it to do in a phone, the camera system is good enough for what I want out of a phone camera. The video is much better than the pixel devices.

Having iMessage over googles form of RCS is better and works more consistently.

Siri is not as useful as google assistant, however I literally use voice assistants for playing music, and asking the temperature and sports scores. So that doesn’t matter to me.

Apple CarPlay is way more reliable than android auto (for me).