Accuracy. You're missing "making accurate statements" here.
And context - neither Apple's proprietary practices nor "trust" of them are applicable solutions to the problem domain here.
A 7-9 year old iOS device is crippled today, with non-user-replaceable parts (both software and hardware). A 3-year-old Pixel is newer than the one I use, running sshd and accepting connections only from the bearer of my private key.
The market for old iPhones drops sharply, and is just for folks with an iCloud account. The market for old Pixels allows a Pixel 6 to be sold for >$1000 less than half a year ago (with a more trustworthy third party OS installed), ready for the user to choose whether this trust model of a pre-installed OS is even sufficient.
> A 7-9 year old iOS device is crippled today, with non-user-replaceable parts (both software and hardware).
A 7-9 year old iPhone has user replacable parts (hardware), as does the equivelant Pixel. It also runs perfectly well.
> A 3-year-old Pixel is newer than the one I use, running sshd and accepting connections only from the bearer of my private key.
That's a lovely thought. The baseband manufacturers with their own blobs disagree though.
> The market for old iPhones drops sharply, and is just for folks with an iCloud account. The market for old Pixels allows a Pixel 6 to be sold for >$1000 less than half a year ago (with a more trustworthy third party OS installed), ready for the user to choose whether this trust model of a pre-installed OS is even sufficient.
This is simply untrue. The Pixel 6 is available for $900 AUD new and about $500-600 used. The iPhone 13 (same year) starts at $1200 AUD new and about $800-900 used. The value held is extremely similar, and in fact drops less for older Apple phones than Android ones likely - as the GP mentioned - due to more than double the years of OS support from the vendor.
It's fine for you to decide that the fruit company is less trustworthy than the advertising company, but don't spread nonsense to try and sell your point.
