Well, that wasn't exactly the point I was trying to make. My point: The downside of Google products is having to look at their ads. The downside of Apple produ

Well, that wasn't exactly the point I was trying to make. My point: The downside of Google products is having to look at their ads. The downside of Apple products is getting locked-in to their restricted platform. You can sidestep Google's downside with an ad-blocker. You can sidestep Apple's downside with a jail break. It's easier to run that ad-blocker (heck, you can even get it from Google's own store) and keep it running than it is to perform a jail break and keep that updated. As an aside - just like a lot of people aren't offended by the restrictions Apple places on its platform, a lot of people are not offended by Google's ads. In fact, I bet there's a very significant overlap in those two groups.