[nottorp]

> iCloud is actively difficult not to use.

Agreed, but if you turn it off it stays off, it doesn't pop up something every day.

> The sidebar with the Apple shares and news apps.

I kinda know it's there, but I can't remember when I last activated it by mistake *. But then I turn off all notifications except app icon badges so I don't use it at all otherwise.

> Core OS that features only work when paired with iPad/iPhone.

Which ones? Doing phone calls and texts from your laptop? I suppose that requires control of the OS on both sides to work well. I don't know what's available on the Android side.

If there are other features that work when paired with apple mobiles and don't work with Android, I don't know about them.

* Last time I've seen that bar I think it was my cat's butt on the F keys :) She taught me a lot of keyboard shortcuts.