Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Possibly not a surprise to some:

 

iOS is much more efficient and stable than Android will ever be.

[pythonmegapixel]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Possibly not a surprise to some:

 

iOS is much more efficient and stable than Android will ever be.

Stable: absolutely.

 

But define efficient.

[TomvanWijnen]

2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

iOS is much more efficient and stable than Android will ever be.

I used to not mind iOS as much - meaning, I wouldn't want it on my own phone, but using it was just fine. This was on my fathers iPhone 5. He then recently got an iPhone 8. iOS on that is, in my opinion, absolutely horrendous. It costs me insane efforts to even unlock the device, or go to the opened apps menu, whereas this was all very straightforeward on his iPhone 5. So since then, my respect for iOS has decreased significantly.

[Energycore]

It's not OK to remain uninformed once you see evidence that you might be.

[sub68]

1 hour ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

I think most American cars are garbage compared to the competition

so true my family has used two mazdas within 3-4 decades those cars are solid and reliable

1 hour ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

Nico Yazawa is best girl and deepest character with the best backstory and most character development in Love Live!

haven't finished love live but that is true

1 hour ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

I believe you are literally ruining your gaming experience if you don't have surround sound or at least good headphones. No, I don't think a sound bar cuts it, it's just a band aid. 

from doing osu, headphones are crucial

1 hour ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

I don't care what anyone says, I think season 1 & 2 of Sword Art Online was very good and Asuna is a great character.

can't say enough, SAO was awesome I could not stop watching it and to me it was the first anime that touch every emotion (I watched SAO with a open mind and hadn't watch a single review or seen memes)

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Stable: absolutely.

 

But define efficient.

On iOS 13 with 2GB of RAM on my 6s, I can have apps that I haven't touched for a day and they'll be immediately ready as soon as I bring them back to the forefront via the multitasking menu. I'm not sure what the deal with Android is, but with my A5 2017 and my new Galaxy S5e, that was not possible. Often times applications had to relaunch completely even though these devices had more RAM available. This is in addition to the device not shuddering periodically which is a common occurrence for my two Galaxy devices. 

7 minutes ago, TomvanWijnen said:

I used to not mind iOS as much - meaning, I wouldn't want it on my own phone, but using it was just fine. This was on my fathers iPhone 5. He then recently got an iPhone 8. iOS on that is, in my opinion, absolutely horrendous. It costs me insane efforts to even unlock the device, or go to the opened apps menu, whereas this was all very straightforeward on his iPhone 5. So since then, my respect for iOS has decreased significantly.

 Ahh yes iOS 11 and 12 those two were not exactly the stellar releases. 

[TomvanWijnen]

4 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

 Ahh yes iOS 11 and 12 those two were not exactly the stellar releases. 

Do you think it's still running on iOS 11 or 12? According to Apple's website, it should be on 13.5.1, and I would expect it to be updated, but using the device is still a vague mystery for me.

 

8 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

On iOS 13 with 2GB of RAM on my 6s, I can have apps that I haven't touched for a day and they'll be immediately ready as soon as I bring them back to the forefront via the multitasking menu. I'm not sure what the deal with Android is, but with my A5 2017 and my new Galaxy S5e, that was not possible. Often times applications had to relaunch completely even though these devices had more RAM available. This is in addition to the device not shuddering periodically which is a common occurrence for my two Galaxy devices. 

Hmm, interesting. I tried opening a few apps I haven't opened in a while on my OnePlus 7 Pro, which is now a little over a year old, and they both opened as fluidly as one could wish. On my OnePlus One, which is now nearly 5.5 years old, it's also quite good (better than I expected to be honest :P). It might have something to do with specific devices or manufacturers (version of the OS), that make slowdowns more common.

[Moonzy]

2 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

Small boobs are best. I even enjoy DFC

_{-adds name into potential lolicon list-}

 

2 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

I think season 1 & 2 of Sword Art Online was very good and Asuna is a great character.

[Donut417]

3 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

think most American cars are garbage compared to the competition when it comes to design, build quality, and materials

Well. My dad has a 2007 Toyota Camery. The only major work he has had done to the ride is two front struts and a front hub I think. It does have some paint issues but thats because the dealership did a shit job painting it after the tree limb fell on to it. So I can concur that some foreign cars are defiantly built better. The current plan is, he will give my nephew the car when he starts driving, so in about 6 or so years. I defiantly think it will be around and still working. 

 

3 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

I believe you are literally ruining your gaming experience if you don't have surround sound or at least good headphones. No, I don't think a sound bar cuts it, it's just a band aid. 

I use a Bluetooth headset. Does that make you want to cry? I mean its a Sennheiser H4.40, but its still bluetooth. Also I use earbuds for sound on my TV. 

 

 

3 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

I think season 1 & 2 of Sword Art Online was very good and Asuna is a great character.

Never seen the whole 2nd season but I would agree it was a great anime, found out its one of my nephew's favorite anime as well. At least he is learning right. 

 

3 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

Men shouldn't wear sandals for aesthetic reasons

I wear them in the summer because my feet sweat a lot. Plus I dont like socks and shoes.  

 

[Guest]

I guess my unpopular opinion is that I don't take astrology seriously. 

In before "that's what a [insert sign] would say". 

[TempestCatto]

1 minute ago, Kylan275 said:

I guess my unpopular opinion is that I don't take astrology seriously. 

In before "that's what a [insert sign] would say". 

That's a pretty normal opinion to have. I mean, to each there own, sure. But if someone kicks me in the shin and says "oh sorry, it's because I'm an Aquarius"  they are trying to justify their actions based on nonsense. I can't just go around and act like an entitled asshole and claim it's because I was born at the wrong time. People need to take responsibility for their actions.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

19 hours ago, Andreas Lilja said:

I don't enjoy anime, nor understand those who do. 

TBH, i only like Full metal Alchemist Brotherhood. Nothing else is really interesting.

[Moonzy]

10 hours ago, Kylan275 said:

I guess my unpopular opinion is that I don't take astrology seriously. 

In before "that's what a [insert sign] would say". 

 

here's my new opinion:

[Minicoop]

19 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

I think most American cars are garbage compared to the competition when it comes to design, build quality, and materials

Not just cars but anything that Is basically priding itself on being "american built"

19 hours ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

Men shouldn't wear sandals

One of the biggest things that I can NOT stand is when a dude wears sandals and even worse like bottom of the barrel when they wear them with jeans.

[lewdicrous]

3 minutes ago, Minicoop said:

One of the biggest things that I can NOT stand is when a dude wears sandals and even worse like bottom of the barrel when they wear them with jeans.

Three sins in a single photo.

[TomvanWijnen]

20 minutes ago, Minicoop said:

One of the biggest things that I can NOT stand is when a dude wears sandals and even worse like bottom of the barrel when they wear them with jeans.

Again, what else could I comfortably wear when it's for example 35 degrees (95F) outside?

[Minicoop]

1 minute ago, TomvanWijnen said:

Again, what else could I comfortably wear when it's for example 35 degrees (95F) outside?

Comfortable light shoes with low cut socks. I managed to live 4 years in Florida which is the worlds armpit and never had an issue with it. Now if you got some sweaty bois then I ain't got much for you lmao.

[SolarNova]

I dont think the idea is unpopular, but most certainly the practice itself isnt common.

 

"Spend more on your Display than you do on your GPU, as much as 2 times GPU cost"

 

Basically the display is THE thing u looking at all the time, there is no point buying a $500+ GPU and then looking at what it produces on a sub $300 display.

 

I have a bunch of other non techie related opinions that are most certainly not popular, but they're way to 'spicy' for here

[kaiju_wars]

I got a few more.

 

Apple isn't a horrible company, and is actually important to exist for the consumer.  This doesn't mean I think their pricing is the best or everything they do is the best.  But they're the biggest competition to Microsoft on the desktop, biggest competition to Qualcomm in ARM CPU designs, and the biggest competition to Google on mobile devices (and biggest competition to Microsoft again on the tablet market).  As well as the biggest competition to Spotify on the music streaming platform.  They are very much needed to keep the market competitive in any meaningful way.  I think at least 50% of the hate they get, is because it's super popular just to hate on Apple.  I think a majority of the people who hate on Apple have never truly used an Apple product, or they might have used their cousin's sister's dog's friend's baby momma's first gen iPod Touch back in 1892.  (slight exaggeration).  Then they regurgitate everything they read on some Apple hate twitter page or subreddit. 

This doesn't mean I think they haven't made some stupid decisions, such as the continuous thinning down of their laptops.  The removal of magsafe.  I think they could have included both USB-C charging and magsafe.  The butterfly keyswitches also, or even having to charge the Magic Mouse 2 from the bottom.  These are just examples.  

 

Second one, I no longer care about PC gaming as much.  I'm actually hyped for the Xbox Series X and PS5.  I like Sony's exclusives and the Series X being backwards compatible with enhancements on all previous gen Xbox games is super cool to me.  Like I have a huge 360 collection so for those to get some enhancements is just super dope to me.  I will be waiting for the eventual console redesigns and price drops, but I do plan on getting both.

 

Third, I think Nintendo has both too many defenders and too many haters.  Microsoft and Sony release yearly subscription services for online play, $60 a year.  People do bitch some, but they don't really care.  Oh look, you get two free games a month, go away.  Nintendo does a subscription service for $20 a year and they basically use their back catalog of NES and SNES games as Netflix for gaming.  "OHMGEEEEEE NINTENDO IS LITERALLY SATAN."  While defenders try to find ways to justify, say, using a phone app for voice chat.  How about Nintendo hits up Discord on the offer for online chat services, while they keep giving the "netflix for gaming" for $20 a year?

 

Fourth, and probably my second most unpopular/controversial after the Apple thing.  Microsoft gets a lot of hate, imo, cause it's an American company in a predominately Japanese led industry.  After Atari came and caused the crash (at least in the US market), the gaming market has been predominately dominated by Japanese companies.  Nintendo, Sega, Sony.  Microsoft is an American company, and the first American, let alone western company since Atari, that has been able to throw punches with the big Japanese companies.  This doesn't mean they're successful in each market. Hell they can't even break into Japan with the Xbox One and that's their most successful console there.  Microsoft has made some stupid blunders, especially with the launch of the Xbox One, but they also have a nice variety of IPs that looks like they're finally utilizing with the Series X, and they always have a decent variety of games on their consoles.  Out of all my game collections, Microsoft has always had the most variety of genres on their consoles.  When it comes to first/second party IPs, Microsoft is right behind Nintendo in variety of their IPs also.  And even now, as much as I am a Nintendo fanboy and I love Sony's exclusives too, Microsoft is the most consumer friendly company right now, and them even going as far as to publish their own games on the Switch, let alone Gamepass, prove this.  They're just as important and influential to the gaming industry as Nintendo and Sony.

[TomvanWijnen]

7 minutes ago, Minicoop said:

Comfortable light shoes with low cut socks. I managed to live 4 years in Florida which is the worlds armpit and never had an issue with it. Now if you got some sweaty bois then I ain't got much for you lmao.

Yeah my feet are like a turned on tap.  Even in winter they'll end up sweating inside my shoes.

 

I also somehow can't stand low cut socks, I just have regular socks and then push them down a bit.

[NineEyeRon]

All food is just a vehicle for dipping sauce

[pythonmegapixel]

If a suburban or urban residential property has no shops within walking distance, then the neighbourhood hhas failed and needs to be redesigned.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, pythonmegapixel said:

If a suburban or urban residential property has no shops within walking distance, then the neighbourhood hhas failed and needs to be redesigned.

I can agree to that. I live in an area that's seen recent rapid suburban sprawl and there's nothing within walking distance of my house. You have to drive down a few sweeping parkways before getting to the shopping center.

 

Even my high school is pretty far. It'll be closer once they finish the new parkway. 

[Monkey Dust]

Game of Thrones just wasn't that great. I got to season 5 and decided I just couldn't be bothered any more, didn't care who got the iron throne at the end, didn't care what happened to the characters, just meh.

[Lii]

Multilanguages are a waste of time and money

It should be imposed a singular language, and not, English is not fulfilling the purpose as long it is learned as a second language,