I've used windows for 15 years, mac for 5 and am using them simultaneously. I do understand basic programming, used a bit of linux. I've taken apart PCs and macbook pros to fix them - I practically troubleshoot computers for relatives and friends.

I've owned an android tablet for half a year, sold it, and am troubleshooting android phones for my mum, relatives, friends since honeycomb days.

I love mac. I love PC. I love iOS. I'm cool with linux. But guess what. I really really dread androids.

I know, people do have differing tastes, but the android UI, to me, is terrible. It's very reminiscent of Nokia OS, pre-touchscreen era. And c'mon, do android fans feel proud when they see someone shopping for phone and they see the home screen on the demo android set swirl into a globe and unswirl itself when it reaches the next screen?

I also don't like the way extra options or settings are laid out. There seems to be no concept of what are the more-used options and what are the lesser used ones. Almost nothing feels like they are a couple of taps away and you're always forced to change settings whenever you download something new. In short, the design of individual apps feels extremely scattered and disorganized. Also, there IS the serious issue of android fragmentation when manufacturers all decide to add flavor to their OS. Isn't it frustrating when you get a new phone, you open a link and it asks if you would like to use the Samsung browser or Browser? Or when an android buddy asks you for help and you can't actually guide him because your phones are from different manufacturers? Setting up an android to one's liking is extremely tedious, even with google accounts.

I hear many complaints that the stock keyboard stinks or why isn't there battery percentage visible. Yes, you can install new keyboards (so can you, on Cydia FYI, but hardly anyone does that) and install tweaks. But why are these basic things omitted in the first place? Why are the keyboards so broken on so many different models? How can keyboards be broken? The phone is useless without the keyboard! Shouldn't most keyboards on different phones be pleasing out of the box? How can so many different companies fail? Why do you have to have a S3 phone and go meh, I'm gonna install my swiftkeys and then THAT dictionary? And oh, sorry, this battery percentage tweak can only be installed on a rooted phone.

My iPhones are all jailbroken. I do lots of things using my iPhone. I'm not talking about font or color scheme tweaks. Yes of course Cydia offers that as well, on top of functionality (rotation, lockscreen, weather, etc) tweaks. I use my iPhone for VPN access, I use it to hook up to my car OBD2 without buying a $150 wifi dongle and a lot more.

To jailbreak virgins, I can only say it's like Google search. One search box, and that's it. If you want to tweak battery colours or fonts or whatever, simply type in, "battery". In contrast, android users often have to scour forums, subforums, praying for some genius to be using the same phone as them so that patches, custom ROMs and what-not might be available for them.

I do understand that some people need the screen estate. That, is perfectly fine with me. Androids have their tegra, snapdragon and more, but how many people out there actually know how much of the processor they utilize? Slow? Everything is slow after you've used your phone for a while.

I guess the selling point of androids is that they come in all shapes and sizes and price-points, but would I be wrong to say that androids are the broth with too many cooks, far, far, too many cooks?