Anything Worth Saying is Worth Owning

The iOS/Apple vs. Android/Google debate has been explored for years by
thousands of people. We know the arguments and they’re rather boring at this
point. Preference is preference, and if you like something and it works for
you, that’s pretty much all that matters.

But there’s one point in the conversation that seems obvious once you hear
it that most people don’t talk about: the point of primary economic purpose.
Basically, there’s a fundamental difference between Apple and Google when it
comes to incentives to produce a quality experience:

Apple’s main purpose is to provide the best possible user experience, while
Google’s main purpose is to sell advertisements.

Now, to be clear, these are actually the companies’ second most
important priority–the first for any company is always to make money.

But if your business model is to sell ads using any method possible–one of
which being making a mobile platform–then I simply can’t embrace that
philosophy to the same extent that I can a company who takes it as their
mission in life to impress me with design and quality.

This is not a minor difference to me: it’s a crucial one. And because of
that difference I choose to stick with Apple for now.