I personally do not find this convincing or satisfying of a reason. People repeat the mantra of "iPhones just work" but those people have not used a good Android phone, especially not a Pixel which is integrated hardware and software by the same company just like an iPhone.
One gripe with iOS is that pressing enter also autocorrects the last letter you typed while Android ignores the suggested autocorrect on enter. Small things like these add up and for me it's been more true that "Android just works".
The other reasons to get an iPhone are because other people have iPhones, which is entirely arbitrary. As a math, and philosophy lover, it is unsatisfying that this is just happenstance rather than pure and optimal. As a economics lover this is unsatisfying because my purchasing choices just follows what other people got contributing to a monopoly rather than respecting pure competition between features. As a game theory lover, this is like everyone being sucked into a less optimal equilibrium. It sucks that Apple can leverage control over a messaging app that's similar to every other messaging app to get every teenage American to pay them $1000 every two years, rather than win them over with better hardware or software features.
I am unapologetically pro choice about phones and think people who are pro freedom or choice in other aspects of life or politics are often hypocritical when it comes to this issue.
I agree Apple doesn’t make a perfect phone. I have issues with it too. But I feel like whatever technical benefit I could get from Android is significantly lower than the benefit I get from the Apple-exclusive services like iMessage.
I also don’t see it as hypocritical: I wish there was more competition in the phone market. I’d happily vote for a candidate who would cause this to happen. But I don’t see it changing soon, and I don’t think there will be a protest movement of people who go buy Pixels in order to stop Apple’s monopoly, so I don’t really see the point in not picking the phone that will give me the most benefits personally.
I personally do not find this convincing or satisfying of a reason. People repeat the mantra of "iPhones just work" but those people have not used a good Android phone, especially not a Pixel which is integrated hardware and software by the same company just like an iPhone.
One gripe with iOS is that pressing enter also autocorrects the last letter you typed while Android ignores the suggested autocorrect on enter. Small things like these add up and for me it's been more true that "Android just works".
The other reasons to get an iPhone are because other people have iPhones, which is entirely arbitrary. As a math, and philosophy lover, it is unsatisfying that this is just happenstance rather than pure and optimal. As a economics lover this is unsatisfying because my purchasing choices just follows what other people got contributing to a monopoly rather than respecting pure competition between features. As a game theory lover, this is like everyone being sucked into a less optimal equilibrium. It sucks that Apple can leverage control over a messaging app that's similar to every other messaging app to get every teenage American to pay them $1000 every two years, rather than win them over with better hardware or software features.
I am unapologetically pro choice about phones and think people who are pro freedom or choice in other aspects of life or politics are often hypocritical when it comes to this issue.
I agree Apple doesn’t make a perfect phone. I have issues with it too. But I feel like whatever technical benefit I could get from Android is significantly lower than the benefit I get from the Apple-exclusive services like iMessage.
I also don’t see it as hypocritical: I wish there was more competition in the phone market. I’d happily vote for a candidate who would cause this to happen. But I don’t see it changing soon, and I don’t think there will be a protest movement of people who go buy Pixels in order to stop Apple’s monopoly, so I don’t really see the point in not picking the phone that will give me the most benefits personally.