"From automatic app updates, to account registration & syncing..to widgets & lockscreens. None of these are a fatal blow but all taken together start adding up

"From automatic app updates, to account registration & syncing..to widgets & lockscreens. None of these are a fatal blow but all taken together start adding up to a significant advantage." I think you're overhyping all of these. The one huge feature that is sorely lacking in iOS is contracts/intents/services.