Originally posted by clackers It's a minefield. You've got different software versions, and most are not updated on old phones, and so many hardware variants ... small screens, large screens, tablets.
I put a custom ROM on a phone once and immediately lost the ability to use its radio tuner.
Apple and M$ have control over their OS that Google simply don't have - look what Amazon did with their Fire devices!
No argument from me. Apple has insisted on total control, including making of hardware. Microsoft has taken the tack of having things work on as many machines as possible, and with great success. I've read the Jobs biography, watched videos of Jobs and Gates talking about their differing viewpoints. Ya know what? Both are valid.
And then Adroid blows out to so many variables, as you say. I think.
Regardless of anything else, I can't afford Apple products. And as a hand on kinda guy, don't tell me I can't look under the hood!
While everyone likes to pile on MS, and they certainly have many faux pas, they probably have the most integrated systems at a price for average Joe's. Windows 10 sets new standards for inter-device compatibility.
Sorry, didn't mean to proselytize or go all fan boy.