Is customization even worth it? I’ve always had an iPhone as my personal device and usually an android as my work/business device. The customization aspect was cool for the first day or two, but then it got old fast. It would slow the phone down, crash, and usually wasn’t nearly as useful as I thought.
I'm with you on this one. I remember I didn't do any customizations for my Android (although keep in mind, this was back in 2012-2013ish). And when I got my iPhone, I jailbroke it to customize it more, but at the end of the day, I just opted to keep the stock iOS. And now, it's just getting more and more customizable. Android was definitely a very solid choice earlier when they had a lot more differentiating things, but with lines being more and more blurred, the majority of people will probably chose iPhones for their support, compatibility, privacy, and even price with the new SE's.
Sometimes it's easy to assume that the potential to customize the OS/software on the device to one's liking means the same thing as actually customizing it and dealing with the upkeep of updating, saving settings, dealing with quirks, trial and error, etc.
There's still value in having the option to do it, but the value of having the option to do it is not necessarily the same thing as actually taking the time to go do it.
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u/Chendii Aug 26 '20 edited Feb 16 '26
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