> because I don’t really know the difference between my choices. I have no real idea what the tradeoffs are in picking one app over the other. nd if the difference is so negligible, why do they even offer both.
It's clear he's referring to the apps themselves, and he views the choice iteself as intrinsically worthless. So yeah, he completely missed the point.
@MBCook you are correct. I have no problem with being able to make a choice. I have a problem having to make that choice out of the box between two pieces of software shipped by the same company. It's like they couldn't be bothered to settle it so they just punted the decision to me.
"the point" is that it's not explained what the consequences are.
If I choose Photos to view images in Messaging, it's not made clear that only Gallery is an option to attach images. If it were, why would anyone choose Photos unless Gallery were somehow flawed? And even if it were, why should you have to use two different apps for each side of what to a user is basically the same operation?
Just because you think the interface to something isn't designed well doesn't mean the underlying feature is worthless.