Not being able to use firefox + ublock origin is the only negative of ios I have after moving from Android. That and a headphone jack, but that was impossible to find on Android also.
Maybe it's the part of the market I shop in, but headphone jacks on Android seemd to be disappearing only for one, maybe two cycles, and now they're back. I only owned one phone without one (and it was annoying, so I won't buy another phone without a jack). Although, I guess current Pixels are missing headphone jacks again?
Yep. Android decided to compete with apple. They're almost entirely worse at it and by competing by turning off all the features the once had they've just become a worse phone alternative that's cheaper and also lets you install custom apps.
Apple allows custom apps and apps stores and that's the death of Android as far as I'm concerned.
There are plenty of Android smartphones, including from major manufacturers, that have 3.5mm jacks; they tend to not be flagships, because that’s not where the demand for them is, but they aren’t hard to find.
> Android decided to compete with apple.
“Android” is a large number of different manufacturers, many of which individually produce many more smartphone models targeting different market segments than Apple.
> They're almost entirely worse at it and by competing by turning off all the features the once had they've just become a worse phone alternative that's cheaper and also lets you install custom apps
I’ve never regreted leaving the iPhone ecosystem for Android, and I’ve pretty consistently been buying Samsung flagships, which aren’t particularly cheaper than Apple. And sideloading or using alternate app stores isn’t a huge part of that, though its nice to have the option.