Yeah, except for Samsung being really interested in bloatware and not immune from the lure of surveillance economy cash (which is their right, whether I like it or not!).
Weirdly enough I'd rather have close-to-stock rather than have essentially both Google and Samsung trying to monetize me.
I run an Apple phone at this point, and I'm not going to lie, they're so far ahead in this respect (good if not overpriced hardware, build quality, coherent ecosystems, less reliance surveillance capitalism, interop between devices), that it is just really hard to consider Android.
As much as I like the customization possibilities, more F/OSS-aligned OS & apps, etc of the Android ecosystem... It's hard to recommend it over Apple today.
Weirdly enough I'd rather have close-to-stock rather than have essentially both Google and Samsung trying to monetize me.
I run an Apple phone at this point, and I'm not going to lie, they're so far ahead in this respect (good if not overpriced hardware, build quality, coherent ecosystems, less reliance surveillance capitalism, interop between devices), that it is just really hard to consider Android.
As much as I like the customization possibilities, more F/OSS-aligned OS & apps, etc of the Android ecosystem... It's hard to recommend it over Apple today.