Any data to back this up ?

I can only speak for myself, but I wouldn't touch a system controlled by Google with a ten-foot pole. The amount of information they have on me is already staggering, no need to give them the last few percent, too.

Right, but the point is that we're on a niche internet forum. Out feeling about any technology aren't likely representative of the population at large.

A niche forum populated by technology influencers.

This isn't the 80s any 90s anymore, "technology influencers" have no impact on Apple's business. This is a common trope I see usually when "technology influencers" are mad about some product decision Apple makes. Apple gets more word of mouth from other laymen using iPhones than any "professional" using a Mac Pro.

A recent example of this is Macbook Pro sales rising despite the outcry in nerd circles. Another example was when FCP X dropped and there were countless hot takes about Apple dropping their professional customers and all of them switching to Adobe and Avid.

And the canonical case of the tech crowd getting it wrong....

https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i...

And just for fun...

http://fortune.com/1997/02/03/apples-next-move-misses-the-ma...

I don’t think influencers have much say in a positive direction. I think they do in a negative way but it can take years for things to change. The negative outcry against Microsoft started in the mid-90s but didn’t hit them in terms of mind share or numbers till ten years later.

I love how the HN crowd likes to downvote an opinion they don't like without even trying to counter argument.

The "HN crowd" has not downvoted that comment, it has upvoted it. Meanwhile you've left an irrelevant comment that explicitly broke the site guidelines. Would you please read them and not do that again?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It was not the case when I commented and not the first time I see a valid comment downvoted without any explanation.

So I see no reason not to

Other than in scenarios where use cases requires use in conditions outside of iphones limited operating range (iPhones don’t like cold), I’m not aware of any large enterprise standardized on Android. I can think of a dozen on iOS.

The devices that my teams support on Android need 3-5 agents or other tools to meet compliance requirements.