Comment by ricardobeat

I suspect 99% of users have no use for multiple versions of the same app.

€10/month for 2TB storage is pretty good. I don’t use any google apps, or Chrome. Charge overnight so speed doesn’t matter.

Now the parts you didn’t mention:

- Apple makes great hardware, iPhones last forever (typing this from my virtue-signaling 2020 phone, my 2007 iPod touch still works).

- A similar spec Android costs about the same but usually has a flimsy plastic build and will become unsupported in 2-4 years

- Amazing integration with MacOS; continuity, camera, seamless sync for everything, seeing SMSes and calls on your laptop

And most importantly, despite the seriously degrading quality in the past years, the Apple ecosystem is still ahead in software and design. iOS apps are better designed, especially third party ones. They rarely crash, I go years without restarting my phone.

Android is definitely a lot closer than it was 7-8 years ago, but Material UI is still a complete clusterfuck and who wants to entrust Google with all their data? Apple not being an advertising company plays a huge role here.