Comment by 999900000999
6 hours ago
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
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.
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.