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Google play went from being a cool place to upload hobbyist projects to a Real Business Platform.

You now need a business address and a bunch of other documents for apps that will probably lose money.

Google has also decided they really don’t like users installing apps outside the Play Store. Today it’s a bunch of scary warnings, soon it’s a convoluted process to enable all installs and eventually they probably just ban it all together.

Literally nothing about Android is worth while to me now. iPhones are more stable , easier to use and have vastly better end user support.

The App Store is also a living hell for developers. They will look for any excuse to deny you an account and later reject your app.

Dare I say programming isn’t as fun anymore. I guess I can still build WebGL games. Best not speak too loudly, Apple and Google might go after that next

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> Dare I say programming isn’t as fun anymore

I can imagine programming being an absolute blast if phone OSes were open like desktop.

Just imagine publishing little apps for your friends and family, easily, without asking anyone’s permission!


I don't see how "android isn't worth it" when you go on to admit iOS is worse... App Store also a big pain and no usable workaround

Google is doing everything they can to slowly remove those work arounds.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

I listed my reasons for IOS. It’s ultimately just a much better user experience. You just have to give up on writing your own code to run on it.


As someone who has been using iOS for a year and a half, the UX is much worse IMO.

The extra steps android is adding are annoying, but you can still run your own code easily and others' code with a few steps


Or just pay Apple their $100/yr, turn on developer mode, and get back to writing your own code to run on iOS.

$100/yr to run your own code on your own device is hilarious.

The world is rarely black and white. Both can be true.

Android jumped the shark when the default launcher introduced a search bar that couldn't be removed.



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