> Apple has always implicitly presented a deal where they tightly control their phone, but the experience is excellent.
That, IMO, is absolutely the deal you make with Apple. More money, less hackability, and better experience.
If Apple starts crapping out stuff, there's no point in buying Apple.
I think his reasoning is that, if all the options are going to be beta-level products, he might as well use Android. I think Apple has always implicitly presented a deal where they tightly control their phone, but the experience is excellent. You don't care who makes the maps app because it "just works." If that's changing, users might be happier in an ecosystem where choice is more pervasive.