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Re:Ask HN: What's the point of making smartphones slimmer an... by lgieron on Friday September 09, 2016 @07:48AM (#12461269)
> I can't imagine a significant number of people switch between ecosystems deliberately -- in either direction.

When my current 5s dies, I'm almost certainly buying an Android phone. From what I've seen, with the right phone I can get very similar UX for about half the price.

Re:Ask HN: What's the point of making smartphones slimmer an... by niftich on Friday September 09, 2016 @10:08AM (#12462319)
Interesting. If I may ask, what is your investment -- or if you prefer, sunk costs -- in the Apple ecosystem with iTunes/Beats, App Store, iCloud, and the like?

I think if I had a number of paid apps, lots of files uploaded, and were paying for iTunes streaming, those investments would keep me with Apple as opposed to switching to a platform where nearly all of these are unavailable, and had to migrate my data and find alternatives.