I had to use a borrowed iphone for some time and the only thing I really missed about it was Apollo for Reddit. And that's gone now, so yeah. To change my ringtone, I had to use Bandcamp since there's no way to run itunes on Linux. There's no way to install third party games downloaded from places like itch.io. If I want to use my own phone to test mobile game prototypes, it's simple and cross-platform for Android. I need a damn Mac for iphones. I don't think Android phones are very good OS-wise or UX-wise either as of late, but at least they're slightly less locked down. Slightly.

Termux/X11, sideloading, native Godot, file management, devic recycleability/reuseability, THE FUCKING BACK BUTTON, and crazy enough sometimes privacy even against apple's marketing stance (this is a bit more controversial, but in a high privacy situation things like universal android debloater just can't exist on apple - and having Icloud 'helpfully' store your encryption keys for you has felt as private as keeping it in my garage server)

But hey for some people the fisher-price option is the best option

FREEDOM!!!! :-)

If I wanted a phone nobody else has, I'd get a Pinephone.

Switching to an iPhone, mostly.

I think the strongest feature of Android is that many apps are released first on Android and take months or years before they are ported to iOS. And even when they do, they are missing functionality I take for granted on Android. iOS is in fact more secure in general (if we assume Apple is altruistic) but this comes at the cost of basic things like apps running in the background, informative notifications and notification history, spam call filtering, and fast charging.

Also, if you are a normie it's a big plus to have all the default Google apps pre-installed on most phones. If you aren't, it's a big plus to have the freedom to strip all non-foss apps from your phone, replace the OS with a more FOSS-friendlt OS, and otherwise customize your phone.

Nothing is actively required to prevent me from using apple products.

It makes no sense to switch from either to the other imo. It would make sense to switch to mobile linux for those who are tech savvy and once it is more polished, the others.

I've had a z fold4 since release and I'm unwilling to go back to a regular phone. Also, more freedom on an android (like sideloading). I had 2 iphones before my current phone (7 plus and XS Max) and they weren't bad phones but I really missed android.

Price, convenience and honestly a good reason.