Humans are good at adapting to the common operations of even the worst user interfaces and then they will stop thinking about how awkward they are.
The iPhone is lauded as having a good UX. I think (even confining yourself to Apple's own apps) it's actually pretty inconsistent and a lot of things you "just have to know" because there are no cues that would lead you to discovery. But millions of people use them mindlessly because they have adapted to them.
This. As an android user, I find iphones basically unusable because none of the common operations are presented in an obvious way. Granted android is pretty bad about this too since each manufacturer and carrier customizes things in a way that iphone users don't need to worry about, but a new user without experience in either would almost certainly have an easier time with an android device.
The iPhone is lauded as having a good UX. I think (even confining yourself to Apple's own apps) it's actually pretty inconsistent and a lot of things you "just have to know" because there are no cues that would lead you to discovery. But millions of people use them mindlessly because they have adapted to them.