I’d say it’s easy until you want to update. Hence how I’m still on iOS 12.

That’s kind if the nature of Jailbreak programs hooking into private functions though, and I don’t mind...

So would it be fair to say that the baseline phone is more important to you than the hackability, so you stick with iPhone, but if a jail break opportunity comes along then you will use it?

I grok that, makes sense :-)

Sounds about right. I’ve been jail broken more or less since 2012 though, with the exception of a couple of months last year.