r/Android • u/ControlCAD Google Pixel 10 Pro XL • Mar 01 '26

Video Google Is Closing Android. 37 Orgs Are Fighting Back. - Techlore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU
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u/celtekk_ Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

Apple is even more of a walled garden though?

And if you think "well, they're both closed, and iOS is a superior experience in that case" then why wouldn't you just get an iPhone and jailbreak to begin with?

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u/PAP_TT_AY Marble, Evo X A14 Mar 01 '26

A lot of people go with Android not necessarily because they can root it, but because they can sideload and modify their userspace filesystem without having to root it.

Taking away the ability to install third party apps and .apk files means there's essentially no benefit of staying on Android if you're looking for a flagship experience.

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u/dezirdtuzurnaim Mar 01 '26

That ain’t it. More people than that prefer Android because they aren’t locked to a single device OEM, customization options, objectively and subjectively better UI experience regardless of OEM, the ability to use as external storage, etc.

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u/shponglespore Mar 01 '26

But what benefit is there to switching to iOS?

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u/dorkcicle iOS SE Mar 10 '26

To diminish google's value.

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u/Khai_1705 Mar 01 '26

A lot of people

Im sure it's not that much

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u/PAP_TT_AY Marble, Evo X A14 Mar 01 '26

Yeah, honestly, compared to the billions of people that use Android, we're a tiny vocal minority. Which is probably why Google thinks they can get away with it (they probably will...)

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u/celtekk_ Mar 01 '26

Taking away the ability to install third party apps and .apk files means there's essentially no benefit of staying on Android if you're looking for a flagship experience.

I generally agree with your post but I'm not an Apple user, so there's almost no benefit to going with Apple, either. I prefer the Samsung hardware versus the iPhone hardware, and I prefer the Android experience, generally, over the iOS experience. I'm sure many other Android users feel the same.

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u/AdoringCHIN Mar 01 '26

no benefit of staying on Android if you're looking for a flagship experience.

More variety in phones? Better UI? If people just want to give Apple a try after being on Android all these years then ya, makes sense. It's just odd seeing people throw a fit over not being able to side load stuff and deciding to move to an even more locker down phone company.

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u/nathderbyshire Pixel 10 Obsidian Mar 01 '26

Why do people think the only difference with android and iOS is sideloading 😂

iOS doesn't even have a clipboard, even windows has a bloody clipboard. You can't enter a period or comma without flicking to the second keyboard page and I think the same applies to even the fucking number row lol

More power to you but they'll pry android from my cold dead hands. A little adb like won't keep me pinned down, why are people so willing to give up so fast

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u/Gryphon234 Note 8 (CDMA) Mar 01 '26

Yeah as someone who swapped to iPhone….the keyboard BLOWS

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u/chimera765 Pixel 2 XL Mar 02 '26

Autocorrect works better on my fucking tv than my iPhone.

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u/nathderbyshire Pixel 10 Obsidian Mar 02 '26

Okay that genuinely made me laugh out loud haha

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u/polo421 Pixel 10 Pro XL Mar 01 '26

Well some of it is that sideloading was just such a core reason people made the choice. It's not such a big deal these days but it was a HUGE deal when smartphones were kicking off. It's hard not to look at this now and say fuck it all.

I am an original Android user from Nexus One and I'm not going anywhere if sideloading goes away but it will really piss me off.

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u/nathderbyshire Pixel 10 Obsidian Mar 01 '26

It's coming from android users who haven't used iOS for the most part, I just don't think a lot of people realise how restricting and annoying it is to use.

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u/nocturn-e Mar 01 '26

The benefit of even a strictly stock experience is that it's not iOS

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u/Gugalcrom123 Mar 01 '26

Plus, up until recently most Androids could be rooted without hacks. Hacks come and go and I don't like the idea of a hack being the only way to control my device.

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u/DazzlingpAd134 Mar 01 '26

you can't jailbreak new ones

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u/celtekk_ Mar 01 '26

Ah, okay. Wasn't sure about the new iPhones. I thought I had read somewhere that it was possible on the new iOS, but not the new hardware?

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u/zerGoot Device, Software !! Mar 01 '26

at least not yet :D

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u/zerGoot Device, Software !! Mar 01 '26

but at least that walled garden has its benefits, compared to the Android ecosystem

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u/totallynotabot2532 Mar 01 '26

If google is turning android into a worse version of iOS, i may as well use iOS and call it a day

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u/NotAF0e Mar 01 '26

If both are walled gardens, apples is far far farrrrr better

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u/Technical-Opposite67 Mar 01 '26

You have a valid point like I'm using F-Droid mostly and I believe most of the apps I use on the Play Store are on the Apple side as well. So I'm willing to let some things go. At this point I'd just want a seamless experience instead of jumping through hoops and hurdles.

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u/celtekk_ Mar 01 '26

I hear you, and your complaints are valid

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u/JamesR624 Mar 01 '26

then why wouldn't you just get an iPhone and jailbreak to begin with?

LOL. Spoken truly like someone who has zero knowledge of iOS and the Jailbreak scene (or lack thereof these days), and only knows about iPhone from other android fans talking about (I.E. bashing) it.