[askaboutit]

We can all thank googles incredibly lack of privacy for Apple iOS success. I’m sure most people use an iPhone because it’s simple and because the value on privacy is greater.

Other Android vendors should sue google for ruining any chances of actual competition.

[saagarjha]

I think most people use iOS because they prefer it. The fact that iOS generally values privacy more is an added benefit.

[lern_too_spel]

People use iPhones because they are status symbols. Android phones have been more useful than iPhones for many years now, and Apple is pushing the privacy angle as a way to divert attention from that, but outside of a few gullible techies, nobody is making purchasing decisions off of that marketing yet.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18359448