I got so frustrated with Android Wear being stuck, with no new chips for years, that I switched to an Apple Watch and iPhone in 2019 after having lived the Pixe

I got so frustrated with Android Wear being stuck, with no new chips for years, that I switched to an Apple Watch and iPhone in 2019 after having lived the Pixel/Pixelbook/Android Wear train for years. I bought the $1000 Pixelbook, and it remains one of my favorite machines just from a form factor I've ever used. So I'm not an Apple fanboy and would consider switching back to Android (and have) if I could. Sadly, various apps I've begun to use (not just Apple's, Signal for instance) don't allow you to switch platforms without losing all your data, so I'm stuck. I won't buy a new phone unless it's an iPhone, or I lose years of messaging history and it won't work with my Watch Ultra (which with like 3 days of battery life is extremely excellent and arguably the best smart watch on the market). But I'd be a lot more likely to switch and buy a new watch and phone on Android if there wasn't this platform lock-in effect.