Switching phones OS is not a smooth experience where you click a button. Your app configs, purchased media, etc. won't transfer easily if at all.

It's not infinitely costly anyway.

If this is keeping people from switching, then the costs are infinitessimal. Samsung has great importers for you to switch platforms.

Why not force Apple to behave ethically, on top of it? Give the people even more choice! Clearly there are strong arguments for the iphone if people are willing to give up software freedom to own one. As an Android user I'd love to hop over and find out what the buzz is about. But of course, I can't justify buying a computer that I can't even install software of my choice on.

This is a great place for regulatory intervention to act for the good of the people. I don't really care about the good of Apple. It is the world's most highly valued company, right? It'll be fine.

Why do you want all ecosystems to conform to your beliefs and implement your vision of how choice need to be made?

Librem 5 or Pinephone is a thing as well.

Because my beliefs are more ethical than Apple's current implementation.

Lol, I guess I was wrong to assume this was obvious? Like, I could be the most baseline "all I want to do is stay at home and eat ice cream and watch TV and not hurt anyone" and my ethics are already better than Apple, who contributes negatively to climate change and participates in industry practices that lead to people throwing themselves off the roof of factories in China. That's before we get to their opposition to Right to Repair or their fights against the Free Software movement.

If you're gonna downvote me, I mean... I really feel like the burden is on someone to demonstrate how Apple is somehow more ethical, rather than on me to demonstrate how I'm more ethical than apple lmao