One can tell that Apple have sent invites for a town hall event, the negative stories are ramping up. > Nor is the iOS-centric HN echo chamber... Read the com

One can tell that Apple have sent invites for a town hall event, the negative stories are ramping up. > Nor is the iOS-centric HN echo chamber... Read the comments here. The significant majority are pro-Android. The whole 'plucky little Android' schtick is extremely tiresome and frankly devalues your point. The "psychology" that you cite is basically confirmation bias, so beautifully illustrated by your comment. Whilst Android is making gains is some markets, so Apple is in others. Apple is up before a hardware update in the UK, France and US, taking share away from Android.