> They don’t have a stranglehold over vendors. They flat out don't allow bloatware from the vendors on their devices. Android doesn't have that kind of pull,

> They don’t have a stranglehold over vendors. They flat out don't allow bloatware from the vendors on their devices. Android doesn't have that kind of pull, and Verizon won't push updates for my phone until they have tested all their bloatware crap that I can't uninstall. Additionally, Apple has had many other 'requirements' from vendors to keep selling their phone, things like visual voicemail support, allowing them to use iMessage in place of texting (really goes with the part above), requiring ipv6 support, etc.