@kev Funny how all the replies seem to be for Android/Other...

@kev Funny how all the replies seem to be for Android/Other Linux-based operating systems.

But the majority of votes are for iOS.

Does that mean that iOS users are afraid of interacting? Or perhaps that, even though most people on Mastodon use iOS, most of them are embarassed to admit it? :-D

For myself, I use Android, because I like the widgets, and I like the ultra customisability. I like the fact that I can swop out the default keyboard if I want. Or install a whole new launcher if I want.

But I don't use Samsung or any of those, with their bloatware and OEM skins on top of the OS. I want to stay as close to Stock Android as humanly possible, and since the Google Pixel isn't available in South Africa, that means no-name brands: currently I'm on a Cubot X19.

Which has another advantage over those name-brand phones, in that I'm not paying for the name (*cough* Apple *cough*), so I can get a phone with twice the hardware specs of the latest Galaxy, for half the price.

Like 7 Feb 2023 at 7:19 | Wall-to-wall | Open on c.im

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@GrahamDowns @kev I think iOS is just iOS, while with Android you can specify which ROM you're using. Many people here seem to want to note that they are not using stock ROMs but instead are using more privacy focused like lineage, calyx, /e/, or even graphene.

7 Feb 2023 at 11:56 | Open on dice.camp

Graham Downs

@Optional @kev Yeah. Android (and Linux) provides SO many options. Which is one of the reasons why Android lovers love it.

It's also one of the reasons why iOS lovers... don't. Because they don't want to have to THINK about options. They want something that "just works".

Me? I like to tinker. To look under the hood. To understand, to modify, to customise. :-)

7 Feb 2023 at 12:00 | Open on c.im