Following up on this, I realized I may have been harsh on the Apple phone supporters (I've been owning macbookpros since they first put a BSD flavor on these de

Following up on this, I realized I may have been harsh on the Apple phone supporters (I've been owning macbookpros since they first put a BSD flavor on these devices, so I am not an Apple "hater"), but - for me - having not paid for an app in ages (lots of iOS apps cost, when on Android are free), getting country local stores (for discounts), transportation, info/access and social contact media apps, throughout the world, via third party store (Apple won't allow my wife's phone to do such, as it is "stuck" on the US locale), network and security specialized apps allowing installs via apk files (not avail in Google or Apple stores), etc., etc. are now critical facilities for me. To each his own, I guess ...