“The main problem I have with android/smartphones is the bloatware”
The main problem I have with android smart phones is google. For amusement, I put a VPN on my android and monitored google web traffic and access. With the phone on, idle and with no one using it, the android contacted google’s servers over 3000 times in a day. Info like What apps are being used, your location, what websites you visit, and on and on. It should be noted that I don’t use Gmail, google maps or any other Google services. 3000 times a day. When I bought the phone I didn’t understand that even if I use no Google services that they get to surveil me to that extent. Too creepy. And since Google hates conservative and real Americans, I see little reason to let them profit from the details of me life and use that info to try to manipulate and control me.
I read today on FR that Google is apparently colluding with the Chinese in developing AI technology. I am done with all things google.
After using android since the G1 in 2009, I ended up buying a mint condition iPhone 6S+ for 200 on swappa. I don’t really like it but doing the same test, the iPhone idle only contacts apple’s servers 10 times in a day and if I understand the data sent, it is for quality and stability purposes.
The main problem I have with android smart phones is google. For amusement, I put a VPN on my android and monitored google web traffic and access. With the phone on, idle and with no one using it, the android contacted google’s servers over 3000 times in a day. I hear what you are saying and agree with you, but Android is easy to root in almost all cases and you can take control back, especially if you install a custom ROM. The situation is similar to Microsoft vs Apple. Android now had around 80% of the market for the last several years. It has grown to over 85% in the past couple of years.
Apple is actually starting to falter. "Apple’s phone market share took a double-digit hit, Samsung and Huawei gained."
https://www.androidauthority.com/smartphone-market-share-2019-q2-1015107/
But just like devices made to run Windows Android devices are fairly easy to modify if you have the inclination to do so for whatever reason that you have.