But most people don't want to have to adjust things, they just want it to be good out of the box.
My friends keep telling me android is better because it offers so much more customization, and I keep telling them I don't want to customize, I just want it to be nice by default, and to me iOS is, so that is a selling point for me.
These options just serve different needs. It's not that one way is right and the other is wrong, it depends on one own's preferences. I'm in the Android and Linux camp in part for the reason your friend says (but there's more), however I believe that everyone should just use what they like best. I would still suggest someone that never used a Linux distro to give it a try, but I don't go further than this.
> But most people don't want to have to adjust things, they just want it to be good out of the box.
That's why software development and distribution are two different concepts in the Linux world. The core software is fully customizable, but people who want preconfigured out-of-the-box experiences can choose a distro that is largely defined by its configuration choices.
My friends keep telling me android is better because it offers so much more customization, and I keep telling them I don't want to customize, I just want it to be nice by default, and to me iOS is, so that is a selling point for me.