I made the Android - Apple jump for the same reason four years back. Indeed I was so happy with Apple's privacy features and their business model in general. I

I made the Android - Apple jump for the same reason four years back. Indeed I was so happy with Apple's privacy features and their business model in general. I did miss the tight integration of Google Maps and mail but felt justified for the privacy gains. Then their growth started to slow so they jacked their prices to ten Benjamins, when really good Android phones cost half that. I really had to evaluate how much I valued my privacy from Google in particular, and it didn't feel like worth 500 every two years. Important point being compromising with my data with just Google and blocking all the other companies (Facebook, etc). Google while it's collecting a metric fuckton of data about me, seems to be a lot more transparent about it and gives clear ways to clean my slate. Also doesn't look like it shares it with any other partners. So I just figured I'll stop paying the apple tax for now, and reevaluate later if the situation changes.