* iOS (I prefer it over android)
* customers already tied into the apple ecosystem
* more of a focus on privacy (admittedly, this one is probably debatable)
Google makes money by targeting users, not by selling their data.
I don't like ads in general, but privacy is not lost because of Google.
Cambridge Analytica run on FB for a reason.
Not even sure why this is considered debatable. Even if it's just "perception" (which I doubt) it's a real reason to buy.
- Very subjective. Further, from a feature set perspective, you're not missing out on much (anything?) with Android. It used to be that you could only get certain Apps on iOS. That's simply not the case anymore. So it comes down to a raw, subjective preference... Like what color do you prefer - green or blue?
* customers already tied into the apple ecosystem
- I was in the Apple ecosystem for ~9 years. Switched over to Android this year. Took me all of a couple days to make the switch. Turns out I'm more embedded in Google's ecosystem than I thought. Apple was just a conduit for Google services, in many ways.
* more of a focus on privacy (admittedly, this one is probably debatable)
- A compelling reason for the technically aware. My post however was about the "general consumer" ... 99% of people are going to be just fine on Android v.s. iOS when it comes to privacy. For god sakes, they're likely already using Facebook/IG.
To wit: Apple knows every app you ever downloaded, and there is nothing you can do about it. Every time you click on an address link, it sends the address to Apple, and there is nothing you can do about it. Any time an app looks up your GPS location, that location is sent to Apple, and there is nothing you can do about it. If you want to write apps for your own device, you need to give card details to Apple, and there is nothing you can do about it. A phone with Google Play services doesn't suffer from any of these problems.
