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Yeah I'm an iphone person because I have no interest in side loading or any of that stuff, I just want it to work. I use it with medical devices and because of the fragmentation of android the medical device makers need to test and get approval for each phone model whereas on iOS because everything is the same OS its usually the first to get an app except for my newer insulin pump because they went with a managed android device as their included controller.
If I were to go android I wouldn't touch anything non google, especially after an article a few years ago I read that mentioned some OEM customizations actually adding vulnerabilities.
I haven't side loaded anything in years. In decades past I played around with custom roms and at some point I may look into the pixel roms for my older phones.
Aside from the usual issues that popup with any os for any device, I've had very few problems and none that stopped me from using my device.
I refuse to touch apple with someone's else pole. I like being able to install apps that aren't from the store and I can do that without having to hack my phone.
I equate apple to AOL. When you are new to tech apple just works but when you learn that there is more out there than apples walled garden you look at android that let's you do so much more and has so much more choice for hardware. Not to mention cost.