Why is everything not AppleOS so ugly?

[Ctrlos]

Or those apps you just can’t uninstall. A bloated mess.

Generally speaking if you have a Pixel, Samsung, Motorola or even a Nothing device there is very little bloatware going off. NothingOS in particular is by far the cleanest OS 'skin layer' on the market being monochrome dashed with a little bit of orange and blue here and there. You can also do some useful ergonomics features like being able to click app icons inside a 2x2 folder without opening it. This lets me put my 12-18 most used apps all within easy reach of my thumb on a 6.7" screen.

 

[Le_Chiffre]

ADB is your friend.

Sounds like a lot of work. 😂

 

[lostPod]

I do like Samsung's UI a lot ... even though it is obviously inspireed by Apple's OS. I personally don't mind liquid glass, but the super rounded corners of Tahoe is fugly IMO. It's like Fisher Price's "My First OS" ... its commical. The rounded corners are way too much. I was a big fan of Win 10's square corners at one time.

 

[lostPod]

Cheap tablets suck no arguement from me. I do prefer my galaxy tab S9 + to my iPad pro M4 due to usability though.

Design is subjective, but until I can swipe away notifications as easily as I can on android, have a number row on the iOS keyboard and a universal back gesture(and from the right hand side) I'll still to the more user friendly android.

I personally much prefer my Galaxy Tabs as well, in comparison to my iPads. Samsung Tab S10+ FTW > S11

 

[uacd]

I can tolerate Android UI design but Windows 11… I just hate it. And I think I hate it ever since version 8. Apple also has many UI issues (such as awful Photos app since iOS18) but at least they have overall aesthetic that is more or less consistent across different platforms and applications, though I would always choose old skeuomorphic Apple over new minimalist Apple

 

[Le_Chiffre]

Generally speaking if you have a Pixel, Samsung, Motorola or even a Nothing device there is very little bloatware going off. NothingOS in particular is by far the cleanest OS 'skin layer' on the market being monochrome dashed with a little bit of orange and blue here and there. You can also do some useful ergonomics features like being able to click app icons inside a 2x2 folder without opening it. This lets me put my 12-18 most used apps all within easy reach of my thumb on a 6.7" screen.

Pixels can’t remove the google search bar.

Samsung and Motorola have 1st party and 3rd party apps you cant uninstall, bloat.

Nothing is not available globally only in a select number of markets and they do not offer a flagship.

 

[Der_mit_dem_langen]

I personally much prefer my Galaxy Tabs as well, in comparison to my iPads. Samsung Tab S10+ FTW > S11

What exactly do you prefer on the Samsung?

 

[Ctrlos]

Pixels can’t remove the google search bar.

Samsung and Motorola have 1st party and 3rd party apps you cant uninstall, bloat.

Nothing is not available globally only in a select number of markets and they do not offer a flagship.

The search bar is quite handy. I probably use my phone for looking up things than anything else. The device search is nowehere near as good as Spotlight though. I actually prefer Samsung's native apps to Google. Maybe Google is the bloatware!

But man, if you've used a Nothing Phone you'll realise every flagship is a waste of money and that npbody should be spending more than £500 on a phone.

 

[macfacts]

Android users certainly do. 😂
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You forgot some English sentences with your argument, you've just attached some pictures.

 

[neuropsychguy]

Isn’t it weird that there is exactly one company who puts a lot of work into the design of their OS and all other manufacturers (Google, Microsoft, Linux developers) can only produce extremely ugly UI elements? Is it really that hard to make a great looking, minimalist but modern UI? Android looks like a children’s toy (and like a cheap one, from the dollar store). Microsoft looks like someone stitched together garbage and painted it over with a shiny color… Linux… well Linux KDE and Gnome both look unrefined to me. KDE looks like a worse version of Windows while Gnome looks brutish and unsophisticated. Are “good looks” just not important to the average person?

While I prefer macOS/iOS/Liquid Glass, that doesn't make the others ugly.

I think KDE Plasma looks great (and better than Windows 11). Gnome is fine. Android (at least the version on my Pixel 10) is fine too -- not ugly, but functional. Windows 11 is fine too.

Apple does have deep and usually consistent design philosophy that it applies to UI and UX. That's not usually the case with other OSes. This is also why people saying Apple should have a toggle that turns off Liquid Glass likely don't know what they asking for. Liquid Glass isn't just a skin or a few effects, it's an entire design philosophy. The transparency sliders or other modifications are just surface level changes.

 

[Le_Chiffre]

The search bar is quite handy. I probably use my phone for looking up things than anything else. The device search is nowehere near as good as Spotlight though. I actually prefer Samsung's native apps to Google. Maybe Google is the bloatware!

But man, if you've used a Nothing Phone you'll realise every flagship is a waste of money and that npbody should be spending more than £500 on a phone.

The google search bar could be handy but sadly you cannot remove it. Perhaps you are right and the goggle apps are indeed bloatware.

Sadly the nothing phone isn’t officially available globally and still lack a true flagship phone. Only midrange and budget model.

 

[Le_Chiffre]

You forgot some English sentences with your argument, you've just attached some pictures.

A picture that proves Android users do in fact want Liquid Glass ui.

 

[VaZ]

Isn’t it weird that there is exactly one company who puts a lot of work into the design of their OS and all other manufacturers (Google, Microsoft, Linux developers) can only produce extremely ugly UI elements? Is it really that hard to make a great looking, minimalist but modern UI? Android looks like a children’s toy (and like a cheap one, from the dollar store). Microsoft looks like someone stitched together garbage and painted it over with a shiny color… Linux… well Linux KDE and Gnome both look unrefined to me. KDE looks like a worse version of Windows while Gnome looks brutish and unsophisticated. Are “good looks” just not important to the average person?

Copycats vs. Original

 

[robvalentine]

A picture that proves Android users do in fact want Liquid Glass ui.

I'm imagine that it's mostly users from the developing world who want an iPhone, but can't afford one? I also wonder how many deleted straight away. I certainly wouldn't read too much into it, but if it's done well, then you have the visuals of iOS, with a workable OS (Android). Win win.

Having said all that, just look in the iOS forums and see how many people hate liquid glass lol.

 

[inventor7777]

Generally speaking if you have a Pixel, Samsung, Motorola or even a Nothing device there is very little bloatware going off. NothingOS in particular is by far the cleanest OS 'skin layer' on the market being monochrome dashed with a little bit of orange and blue here and there. You can also do some useful ergonomics features like being able to click app icons inside a 2x2 folder without opening it. This lets me put my 12-18 most used apps all within easy reach of my thumb on a 6.7" screen.

I guess it depends on what sort of bloat. I use Samsung Tab S10 Lites in kiosk mode for Home Assistant frontend, and when I set them up it literally installs things from third parties without asking. e.g Microsoft, ABCmouse, Spotify, and other popular apps which I did not ask for. And it's a pain to delete a ton of apps. I'm sure ADB makes it easier but I just don't want to fool around with it.

 

[inventor7777]

I'm taking about when you are using your phone and on iOS if a notification pops up you can only swipe it up so that you have to clear it from the notification center later. android you can swipe it away to the left or right and it's gone. also it doesn't leave a badge that involves having to open the app to clear.

Now that's a genuinely useful feature, I actually didn't know that.

 

[atomwork]

Isn’t it weird that there is exactly one company who puts a lot of work into the design of their OS and all other manufacturers (Google, Microsoft, Linux developers) can only produce extremely ugly UI elements? Is it really that hard to make a great looking, minimalist but modern UI? Android looks like a children’s toy (and like a cheap one, from the dollar store). Microsoft looks like someone stitched together garbage and painted it over with a shiny color… Linux… well Linux KDE and Gnome both look unrefined to me. KDE looks like a worse version of Windows while Gnome looks brutish and unsophisticated. Are “good looks” just not important to the average person?

Apple under Steve Jobs created this design culture where design should be always functional and beautiful. Even the apple's hardware is designed immaculate. This concept is the DNA of Apple ever since. I guess the other companies never cared about design that much. However, Google has made good moves to be clean in their design DNA

 

[robvalentine]

I guess it depends on what sort of bloat. I use Samsung Tab S10 Lites in kiosk mode for Home Assistant frontend, and when I set them up it literally installs things from third parties without asking. e.g Microsoft, ABCmouse, Spotify, and other popular apps which I did not ask for. And it's a pain to delete a ton of apps. I'm sure ADB makes it easier but I just don't want to fool around with it.

When I quoted ADB it was for Apps that you can't uninstall normally, not really for mass app deletion, although there's probably a script for debloating on the interweb somewhere.

 

[TheDauterive]

Android users certainly do. 😂

Apple users certainly don't. 😉

 

[Zwhaler]

Isn’t it weird that there is exactly one company who puts a lot of work into the design of their OS and all other manufacturers (Google, Microsoft, Linux developers) can only produce extremely ugly UI elements? Is it really that hard to make a great looking, minimalist but modern UI? Android looks like a children’s toy (and like a cheap one, from the dollar store). Microsoft looks like someone stitched together garbage and painted it over with a shiny color… Linux… well Linux KDE and Gnome both look unrefined to me. KDE looks like a worse version of Windows while Gnome looks brutish and unsophisticated. Are “good looks” just not important to the average person?

Have you used the modern internet? There are plenty of slick UI apps and websites out there.

 

[Le_Chiffre]

I'm imagine that it's mostly users from the developing world who want an iPhone, but can't afford one? I also wonder how many deleted straight away. I certainly wouldn't read too much into it, but if it's done well, then you have the visuals of iOS, with a workable OS (Android). Win win.

Having said all that, just look in the iOS forums and see how many people hate liquid glass lol.

Could be Android users from developing countries or android users from developed countries. We will never know, But it does prove Android users want Liquid Glass.

Yet those iPhone users that claim not to like liquid glass are still keeping their iPhones. 😂

One thing is for sure, by the end of next year every Android oem will have implemented Liquid Glass, might not be as nice as apples implementation, but imitations never are.

 

[robvalentine]

Could be Android users from developing countries or android users from developed countries. We will never know, But it does prove Android users want Liquid Glass.

Yet those iPhone users that claim not to like liquid glass are still keeping their iPhones. 😂

One thing is for sure, by the end of next year every Android oem will have implemented Liquid Glass, might not be as nice as apples implementation, but imitations never are.

Or you know they could improve on it, but I doubt you would admit that.

 

[ch1ptune]

I couldn’t agree more. While some of it is taste/preference, there’s generally an unparalleled eye for detail at play here. I’ve always respected Apple’s design team for not leaving a trail of outdated design in their work. Whether you like the design or not, that’s admirable.

 

[TVreporter]

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

Pass me another!

 

[hare_star]

Bait used to be believable.