Google's behavior on iOS is incredibly petty, and I'm of the opinion that it damages the brand.
All of their apps are 'google flavored', they staunchly refuse to design iOS apps which behave like iOS apps.
As a result, I have the strong impression that Android must just be awful stuff that you couldn't pay me to use.
A false impression, I'm quite sure. If someone jumped through numerous hoops to make an Android app behave like a fake iOS app, I'm sure that would be at least as off-putting.
I don't know whether it's arrogance (Google thinks that Material is just the bees knees and everyone should use it) or a deliberate attempt to show off the wonderful world of Google Services on Android, but either way, it leaves a bad taste.
People think that the only reason that Apple didn’t allow you to choose your default apps for browsing and mail was because it was trying to be anti-competitive. Even though Apple makes no money from Safari or Mail.
But it took Google 5 years to support split view for Gmail on iPad. There should be a minimum set of functionality you have to support to be eligible to be the default app that goes beyond what Apple requires.
Edit:
Yeah. I hated iTunes on Windows and Safari for Windows during its brief existence. It’s just as off putting seeing an Apple app on Windows that acts like a Mac app.
Don’t get me started about the old QuickTime for Windows back in the day.
All of their apps are 'google flavored', they staunchly refuse to design iOS apps which behave like iOS apps.
As a result, I have the strong impression that Android must just be awful stuff that you couldn't pay me to use.
A false impression, I'm quite sure. If someone jumped through numerous hoops to make an Android app behave like a fake iOS app, I'm sure that would be at least as off-putting.
I don't know whether it's arrogance (Google thinks that Material is just the bees knees and everyone should use it) or a deliberate attempt to show off the wonderful world of Google Services on Android, but either way, it leaves a bad taste.