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by timwoj 4933 days ago
I'm confused by most of this list really.

- A few of his complaints are about apps on the store (1Password, Tweetbot, Circa, Reeder). I'm not sure how these are "Android" problems. - Ads in apps are the responsibility of the app author to provide a free/pay model to remove them. Again, not an "Android" problem. - The settings menus make complete sense to me, but I will agree with him about the toggles-as-buttons thing. That had me wondering where wifi settings were for a few minutes. - Keyboard vibrate is an option in the keyboard settings in every single version of android I've ever used, and every single third-party keyboard too. - Jumping to a specific screen (the "home" screen) is usually an option in the settings. I'm not sure about on 4.2, but I know that it is on CM10, which is based on 4.1. It might be their third-party launcher that provides this though. It's in Settings -> Launcher -> Homescreen -> Default Screen.
2 comments
perbu 4932 days ago
He is referring to Android the platform, as opposed to Android the OS. Any WP8 review will be pretty harsh on the lack of decent apps.
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bdcravens 4932 days ago
Indeed. "It's the app developer's fault, the OS rocks!" is a bikeshed argument in my opinion.
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jff 4932 days ago
I'm not sure you know what bikeshedding is.
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nicholassmith 4932 days ago
Terrible apps in the Android store is kind of a problem with the Android platform, even if they aren't a problem with Android directly. So for a user going "Why can't I just pay for this?" that's distinctly an Android platform problem.
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OriginalSyn 4932 days ago
I can't think of an instance that I've had an app that is ad supported that doesn't have a "pro" version that often does nothing more than removes the ads.
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nicholassmith 4932 days ago
Well, apparently this guy did.

Also, if I remember rightly Angry Birds original is ad supported only, but I've not had an android device for a while so I could be wrong.

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OriginalSyn 4932 days ago
That's because Amazon locked Rovio into an exclusive deal, you could only get the Ad free version from the Amazon App Store.
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OriginalSyn 4932 days ago
Proof for the downvoter: http://www.amazon.com/Rovio-Mobile-Angry-Birds/dp/B004SBQGHS...

and

http://phandroid.com/2011/03/30/after-brief-amazon-exclusivi...

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