I recently gave up with the cat and mouse game trying to keep my banking apps working and defected to an iPhone. If I'm going to be locked down, Apple does it

I recently gave up with the cat and mouse game trying to keep my banking apps working and defected to an iPhone. If I'm going to be locked down, Apple does it better. Sorry, Google, your main advantage to me over Apple was flexibility. Of course, now I have to deal with the completely locked down App Store, which is a diseased pit of useless subscription and ad riddled apps. I do miss f-droid. Why is my only real choice between two platforms that are actively antagonistic toward me?