The idea that you're locked up in an Evil Apple Fortress, while Google is the open land of the free is not only hyperbolic dogma, it's simply false. Apple and

The idea that you're locked up in an Evil Apple Fortress, while Google is the open land of the free is not only hyperbolic dogma, it's simply false. Apple and Google both make access to the lists of songs, contacts, photos, etc data on your device and this app simply uses those APIs to transfer the DRM free music and other data from one device to the other. It's true that your data being on one device makes it difficult for average people to migrate when they switch devices. The only difference here is that Apple took the time to write a program to make the transfer onto their platform easy for users. They've had a similar migration assistant for OS X for around a decade. This is consistent with Apple's focus on the user and building of consumer level technology. Google's approach is different. Android is just a strategic action, not a product, and so they don't really care to put this level of effort in. That doesn't make Google virtuous or Apple evil. In fact, I would say focusing on making your customers lives better is virtuous. It's a shame that such an ideology has sprung up that everything Apple does is routinely asserted to be evil here, even though most of it is designed to protect users, while google, which does nothing to protect people and frequently violates users rights is sign as some paragon of virtue.