I wanna throw in my 2 cents as I’m considering getting an iPhone after only ever using Android

Recently I’ve started noticing how much disrespect for your time and attention I’ve experienced on Android. It’s not so much Android itself, but the ecosystem around it:

• A layer of bloatware from most major manufacturers

• The Play Store and Samsung store trying their hardest to sell you some bullshit app with the most obnoxious clickbait banner.

• My Samsung phone forcing me to install some random apps I don’t want with a prompt that I can’t dismiss.

• Google or Samsung (I can’t remember which) trying to get me to agree to personalised ads by presenting it as if it’s a ‘we’ve updated our terms’ type prompt.

• Google ads being generally annoying.

And more general malware-like behaviour trying to sell me shit. I don’t care.

I’m not my grandma who’s just going to blindly fall for whatever slight of hand that gets them 10c when I install some borderline malware app, it’s just annoying. I just want a phone that’s reasonably powerful, and works.

Android itself is great, and I’ve been able to improve the experience by using an ad blocker and f-droid where possible, but it’s rough. I can’t install a custom ROM as my banking apps don’t work if I do :////

I hate looking up to Apple as a solution here as they’re do a bunch of shitty things

Shoutout to nebula. Depending on how much content you consume it might not be enough for you, but it’s cool to have an independent platform doing stuff.