I would rate it a NEGATIVE 5 if I could! :( First, let me preface my unhappy review with the fact that I have used Windows software for about 40 years and that has obviously colored my experience with Android devices. However, even without ever having seen or used any other operating system, I would find Android to be an unbearable nightmare. Where do I begin?The first and obvious problem that everyone seems to hate as much as I do: The intolerable snooping and surveillance that Android does, cataloging our every move on the equipment that uses Android as its operating/surveillance system. There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for the level of nosing around that Google does; I absolutely DETEST this about the OS. Even though I've hardened things as best I can, being a novice at dealing with such invasiveness, I RESENT deeply that it is even necessary; and I wonder why and how the whole world has allowed this sort of intrusion? I realize that COST of alternatives like Apple's OS is prohibitive; but the COST to our privacy and peace of mind is so high that spending more for a competitor's product seems the only smart route.Next, being used to Windows OS, I expect and require a reasonable file system and directory so I can find things on Android devices (I am using both an Android cell phone and 2 tablets, all of which throw me into HBP (high blood pressure) because of their idiotic "logic"! Right along with this vague, arcane filing system is the heavy-handedness of Google or whoever wrote this software and decided they should have GODLIKE authority over everything that occurs on the device! The home page is a cluttered mess, even without installing any of the apps from Google Play Store. Dealing with the home page alone on all 3 devices is enough to cause eye pain and headaches. Not to mention the number of apps preinstalled and end-user is unable to uninstall! WHOSE device is this, anyway?Why does Google/Android assume I want all this unneeded, potentially dangerous software on here, and why do they block me from disabling or deleting it? I will never use MiracastReceiver or, for that matter, Google's gmail or cloud services, etc. I've learned the hard way NOT to trust Google and to avoid them wherever humanly possible, so WHY does Android make it impossible to use the device without unwanted crud forced on us like this?Google seems to think "convenience" is more vital to us than safety or privacy, which is a HUGE MISTAKE in my opinion. This whole wide-open internet culture is anathema as far as I'm concerned. I don't want my material "clouded" anywhere. I don't need "syncing" my devices. Yet Android gives no way to dump unwanted stuff!My biggest complaint about Android is the Voice Typing feature, which is a hopelessly flawed joke! It doesn't even know enough to capitalize the initial word in every sentence! How dumb is that?! Pretty darned stupid. It also seems to have a dubious and possibly non-American English dictionary or vocabulary it uses, because it constantly misinterprets what I dictate and makes unwanted JOKES out of what I dictate! I have to assume that whoever/whatever wrote this Voice Typing is trying to use some flaky "artificial intelligence" to second-guess what I mean to say, because it is always revising my wording! Instead of simply LISTENING TO ACTUAL WORDS I DICTATE AND TRANSCRIBING THEM ACCURATELY, it will insert words or drop out words I dicate, according to its failed "logic." Nobody asked VT to figure out my meaning and "correct" things according to its flaky rationalization. All we ask for is that it LISTEN and transcribe EXACTLY what we dictate. Imagine if lawyers and doctors used this to dictate official documents/patient records (and believe me, they do!). I recall reading patient records from the doctor who attended a friend with cancer, and the records kept referring to the PATIENT as PATRICK! No excuse for such sloppy performance.There are many other complaints I have about Android, but this is enough for now. Some of my complaints are due to poor design of the tablets and phone themselves, such as the easy way that things are unintentionally activated because there is no border around the screens that is not "active." If I had known how intrusive and downright dumb these Android devices are, I never would have invested in any of them. Now my big chore is to find some alternative phone and tablet that does NOT use Android and hopefully does not contain anything at all involving the odious Google!
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