I think we all should. It’s good for phone makers because churn means you’ll buy a new phone sooner than you need to. It’s good for influencers since it gets them views. It’s consumer hostile, though. If you aren’t financially benefiting, why even push it? I generally prefer Apple, but I’ll happily dump on them when they deserve it. I also feel like the company that makes the computers I like using (Macs) is not the same as the company making iPhones, but it actually is. I do like my iPhone, but I don’t like it like I like my Macs. It’s just, they work well together. Apparently an Android phone can’t be mounted as a drive on a Mac like it can on a Windows computer? At least it didn’t work for me. But on iPhone, you have AirDrop. Still, for most usage, the Mac doesn’t care what phone you have. Mac itself is older than smartphones. It’ll talk to an iPhone because Apple tech meshes well, but it’s not like it won’t do Mac things for you if you use Android. Same with Windows, Windows likes Android, but it’s fine to use an iPhone with one. And my Samsung from 2019 actually does a few things better than my iPhone from 2024 — notably the keyboard accuracy, and home screen customisation.

I can fault both platforms all day, but what I can’t do in good conscience is trash one while exalting the other. I’ve done it for years, it’s habit, it’s tribalism, I get it, but it’s trash and we should all move away from it, unless doing so is putting food on our table.