Yeah, if you don't like something Apple puts in their image good luck...
On the other hand it's not always as reasonable as it should be. I do find it frustrating that devices are so locked down, to the point where finding something to run lineage well and has the feature set you want can be tough. With my latest attempt I found a phone where several models, depending on what country and carrier, would not unlock the bootloader. And online sellers of phones are not always specific about what sub-model you get. I had to return a few because the seller sent me a Rodgers or an AT&T one that wouldn't unlock. I can definitely see how enough rounds of this can make some people throw their hands up and let Apple make all the choices.
Thing is, there are plenty of places where Google dictates Android options that you cannot do anything about. It is not like Apple has a monopoly on this.
The idea of mucking about with multiple phones just to find the one which irritates me the least is very unappealing. It's an appliance, I just need the thing to work.
Ok. It's like running Linux or BSD on desktops or laptops, which I have done since the 90s. If you get into that game, or especially many years ago it was more true, you sometimes had to be picky or patient about hardware. That's a choice I can make in order to get perceived advantages on other fronts, and I respect and understand people who make the other trade-off. (I acknowledged as much in the comment you're replying to.)
I think addresses it succinctly. If you remove google from Android, some apps won’t work because they are ecpecting those services. This isn’t the fault of the app developer.
If you are using linage and /e/ you can’t really add “works with all android apps” as a check in the pro column.
You’re getting even more fragmented than Android which is already much more than IOS. To each his own but let’s be honest about what these are.
Agreed, but if he's already ditching all his apps then there's no single app that seems absolutely required...
Some core apps have replacements on the other side, like maps, might be why a full leap is better than half measures. /e/ should help with those. Ideally. Maybe it's not there yet.
Dropping Android for iOS is a joke.