[prirun]

I switched from Android to iOS because Google forced updates to my phone somehow, even though I had internet access disabled. I only used it as a phone: no email, web browsing, etc. My phone (Blu R2) was a few years old, and after the update, all kinds of stuff was broken. For example, zooming a picture would cause the messaging app to crash. So once that update was installed, I had to enable updates continuously to try to get back to a working phone. But instead, things just kept getting worse. I gave up and bought an iPhone XR on eBay for half retail price.

Most HN folks think diversity is a good thing, and I'm not saying it isn't, but it does have its disadvantages. In my case, I could probably buy new Android phones at least 3x more often than iPhones based on cost, but a lot of people (me) don't want to be fiddling with new phones every year or 2. It was apparent to me that Android updates are not tested thoroughly on older phones. I understand that would be hard because there is a huge variety of hardware, but it's a significant downside of Android IMO.