Look at it this way, Apple doesn't grab or sell your data, so when they sell you a device that's all the money they're going to make from you. When Google sell

Look at it this way, Apple doesn't grab or sell your data, so when they sell you a device that's all the money they're going to make from you. When Google sells you a device they can afford to "discount" it as they'll make more money whenever you use the device.