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drnick1 | on: Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices
> Having been given an android work phone, I can’t understand why anyone would use this willingly.

This is probably a commercial Android distro like Samsung's or Google's, filled with OEM crapware. Pure Android is far better than that and is free (freedom to install apps, inspect the source code, etc.) It's basically a Linux distro for smart phones.

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orf | parent
It’s crap, sorry. It’s an inconsistent mess. Having come from iOS it’s as clear as night and day.

It doesn’t really matter to me if there’s some other specific version of Android that fixes some issues if I install it. As a user that’s not something I care about.

drnick1 | root | parent | next
> Having come from iOS it’s as clear as night and day.

It's odd because, as someone who daily drives a Pixel with GrapheneOS and also owns an iPhone, my experience is the opposite. You could not pay be to go back to a device controlled by a corporation, and on which I am not allowed to run programs without Apple's blessing. The UI is largely a matter of taste, by now all mobile operating systems have converged to a broadly identical design and similar gestures etc.

genxy | root | parent
You guys are talking about different things.
myaccountonhn | root | parent | next
As a user too, android works far better for me and I was an Apple user for a few years.

Not having the ugly frosted glass thing is a very big plus.

cromka | root | parent
I use both, iOS for past 10 years and now Android again.

Both are inconsistent mess.

silon42 | root | parent
Yes, Android is worse in some ways that it was 10 versions ago.