I'd like to try android at some point for curiosity, but at the moment the initial argument which stopped me even considering Android back in 2012 still seems to hold true unfortunately, namely what games, useful aps and other things can you get on Android that are not available elsewhere?
People know my opinion of Itunes as a platform and the way Ios handles music and data, however that doesn't stop the fact that there are still far more accessible games and other Aps unique to Ios that I'd miss on Android if I switched completely, and even if I considered Android as a possible extra system, I'm not absolutely sure of what Android could do for me that I do not already do on Ios/windows (not to mention my new Alexa).
this isn't intended as an Android bash at all, I'm certainly not one of those raving Apple fan boys who thinks apple is god, it's just a genuine problem, since from what I've gathered while it's certainly true Google's development policies as regards authorising aps and allowing data transfer etc are certainly nicer than Apple's, I've just not really heard of much which is unique that Android can practically do on a daily basis that would incline me to invest time or money in it, much less switch from Ios.
Indeed from what I've gathered Android seems to be a system where the user needs to put in a lot of time and effort learning the system, uninstalling bloat wear and reconfiguring and in the endn do less with it.
After all while there are one or two unique android games, a lot are also repeated on Ios and there are still a lot of games and aps that run on Ios but not Android.
Whether the aps being produced for Google assistant will change this, or whether there will be enough developers working on Android in the future I don't know., but that seems to be where I am with this at the moment.
it is why I bought an Iphone 8 this christmas (which is currently at my parents waiting to be unboxed and used), and never even considered Android as an alternative.
Of course, if anyone can! tell me about stuff that Android can do which is unique to it as a platform I'd very much like to know about it, and certainly if I ever get the chance to try out an Android device, at tech demonstration or the like I'll take it.
With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)