[rickdeckard]

> Google has a walled garden as well.

For the Smartphone OS, maybe yes. But not for the Hardware, Services and the rest of its *entire* ecosystem.

Google is not the savior for that industry, it's just the only real alternative (until some regulation hopefully enables a competitor to rise)

> Talking to my less techy friends, they won't even consider the thought of moving just because their purchases won't carry over.

Yes, hence the applause for everyone who just TRIES.