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These downvotes for a genuine question (-3 points at time of writing) are why I don't participate in HN tbh. And maybe they're exclusively for my parenthetical request for feedback, in which case, still, like, come on guys. Those downvotes are why my posts and comments always shadowbanned in the first place. And they all started with downvotes for genuine questions. The typical response from HN is "I dunno, maybe post better content." But I post the best content I have in both submissions and comments. So yeah, I guess this community is not for me, that's all I can conclude.

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Your posts and comments are not "shadowbanned" (or dead). If they were, we wouldn't be able to reply to you.

Not every post or comment does well. You'll be better off if you don't take it so personally.

(I imagine you did get some downvotes for your request for feedback because it's off-topic)

Your request is honestly a little difficult for anyone to answer. "As a long-time Apple user I've long suspected that despite the public specs, Android phones are crap. Can any long-term Android users confirm for me whether their phone is crap?"

If there is a long-term Android user out there who finds Android phones to be crap I'd assume they would have long since switch to a different type of phone.

> If there is a long-term Android user out there who finds Android phones to be crap I'd assume they would have long since switch to a different type of phone.

That's a wrong assumption to make. I think there are a lot of reluctant Android users around.

I'm one of them, and I've been using Android phones for well over a decade now.

I don't mind Android itself and the selection of apps, but I've never liked the phones themselves.

The Android phones I've used weren't sensibly sized, or had quality and reliability issues, or were generally tolerable except for one fatal downside (like a bad camera, or limited storage), or were too expensive for what was being offered.

The iPhones I've used have generally been decent, from a hardware perspective. I find the software situation to be terrible, however.

For me, a bad Android phone with tolerable software is at least kind of usable.

A great iPhone phone with unsuitable/insufficient/frustrating software is unusable.

Given that those have been the only viable options for a while now, I resort to using Android phones, even if I've consistently disliked the phones themselves.

My guess is that your question isn't seen as relevant to the post (it's more of a general Android topic) and it has an ad for your failed submission which could be seen as manipulation, which is highly frowned upon on this site. There's a bias against the stereotype of Apple users too.

You posted an opinion suggesting that Android isn't the best in a thread about an Android phone. You inadvertently poked an audience self-selected to dislike questions phrased as yours was.

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