Comment by red_admiral

> People chose Android because it was different.

Source?

The android/iOS market shares vary a lot by country, with android dominating worldwide. North America is an exception with iOS in front (I think even more so in Canada). Maybe people _in the US_ choose android because it's different?

In Germany for example the android market share vs iOS is something like 60:40. India, something like 90:10.

Reasonable explanation: there's many more different price and feature ranges with android. I doubt the average Indian or German would say they bought an android "because it's more open", especially if they're in the great majority of people who don't work in tech.