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Why iPhone is much more addictive to use? (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/apple@hardware.watch
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Hey guys , I feel compared to Android , iOS is kinda addicted to use , especially the apps, interface and overall ecosystem of Apple. Does anyone ever felt like the same ?

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[–] [B] 0 points 2 years ago (15 children)

User experience. It’s well designed and more importantly app developers have to adapt their apps to only a few iOS phones and respect strict Apple guidelines. Hence more polished apps

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    more polished apps? I have both samsung 23ultra and iPhone 14pm. I can do real work on samsung, while on iphone I just take pictures and internet browsing, becase to do the same amount of work it would take me bazillion swipes to even come close to Android's efficiency. what ypu call polished apps are just wrappers of the apple apps, like mail or safari. apps for ios don't even have many useful features same android apps have. I mean identical apps from the same developer.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    BINGO.

    People buy Apple products because they:

    • are of excellent build quality,
    • have significantly better security and privacy protections than competing products, and
    • provide a superior overall user experience compared to the competition.

    User experience is something that must be experienced to be truly appreciated and is not something that can be easily quantified with a number on a spec sheet. Specifications alone don’t tell the whole story and don’t indicate what truly matters the most: how good the overall user experience is. This is something that people who are hopelessly fixated on specifications have a really hard time understanding.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Superior user experience is subjective.

    I actually find apple products to be very irritating to use.

    I recently started using Linux about 6 months ago and I didn't rage at all. Where as apple phones and macs made me want to throw that shit against the wall.

    If the transition from windows to linux can be so smooth but windows to Mac is dogshit-- it doesn't speak well to the superior experience.

    Having originally owning an iPhone 3gs up to an iPhone 5 then getting sick of that walled garden apple has-- the switch to Android wasn't bad. But trying to use an iphone-- nope.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    As someone who has used and developed software for all of the above mainstream (and some not-so-mainstream) operating systems since the 1980s, and uses each of them without issue on a daily basis, I can confidently tell you that's a you problem.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    What does programming having to do with anything... Dude I hate apple products in general. But I know swift. I don't like java at all... But I know it.

    Wtf are you talking about...

    It's a me problem? It isn't. Because I don't use it.

    The claim is that it's superior... It being superior is subjective meaning that it actually may not be superior to everyone.

    If we're being honest... Linux is probably the most efficient OS over Windows and whatever OS Mac uses.

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  • [–] [B] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    A lot of commenters here are missing the point. "Addictive to use" is a bad thing. It's not the same as "user friendly" or "nice to use". Tech companies are widely criticized for designing apps and products that subconsciously glue you to the screen. You get small doses of serotonin from clicking on shiny buttons and switching playful toggles.

    Ideally, you want a device that gets the job done efficiently and intuitively, so that you can then put the device away and get on with your daily life. With the amount of eye candy that Apple products have, with all the badges, and toggles, and pretty icons, you are subconsciously encouraged to keep playing with your device even after you've completed the task for which you took your phone out of your pocket.

    Stock Android devices are better in this regard, because their design language is much simpler. Material UI design is flat and doesn't feel as "nice" as Apple design language, but it's efficient and doesn't contribute to your addiction.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think Tim Apple mentioned something on the lines of 'you want to look at someone's eyes more than your phone'.

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  • [–] [B] 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Plus developers prioritize Apple over Android because they get more $$$ from Apple users.

    But one of the things I like so much in iOS that I get annoyed it’s not on Android is the swipe from left to go back. Most apps implement this and I use it all the time.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    That's been on android for years and it's actually way better imo. I switched to iPhone with the 15 and love it but a big gripe is how inconsistently the swipe left gesture works

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I switched to the 13 mini and it took me a while to get used to all the various ways devs implement a back function. I really wish you could always swipe in from the left to go back on iOS. Leaving stuff like that up to devs instead of being OS wide is a bad idea. Same with dismissing a stack of DM notifications from one place instead of just the one you click on.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    This is one of my gripes with iOS. It's annoying that the swipe gesture for back doesn't always do the same thing everywhere. In some apps it will reveal a menu, in others it will go back.

    I love the back gesture on Android that just does the same thing globally.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Must be device specific? I had Xiaomi, while the people I know have Samsung, Oppo, Realme and the only way to go back is to tap the back button at the bottom left corner of the screen which is why I get annoyed having to twist my thumb all the way to that corner.

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