Android Purists

Stock Android.

why do many android enthusiasts prefer the stock look of the android os rather than a custom user interface on top of android such as Samsung's touchwiz ux and lg's  own skin on top of android.

Google released the first nexus phone with its stock android with the sole purpose that people experience android as it was intended and for other companies like samsung and lg to follow in google's footsteps. However these companies decided not to go with the pure stock android skin but put their own custom skin on top of  the android os. Now some people may argue that these custom skins are more flexible and versatile but in my opinion these skins just hinder the true potential of android and slow down the phone's performance. Google has therefore released its nexus line of smartphones with the latest duo being the nexus 6p and the nexus 5x. 

The nexus phones have the pure stock android skin with absolutely no bloatware installed and a very simple interface for navigation through the ui. Unlike the skinned versions of android, the stock nexus rom has a very clean design and coupled with the new material design of google that was released in its lollipop release, the phone looks and performs the way google first intended for android. Even though samsung has come a long way too and improved its skin on top of android, i still feel that if the flagships of samsung ran stock android , it would certainly perform even better than it already is.



Which version of android would you prefer. Tell me in the comment section!