And I find it hard to take someone seriously who has time to make over 3,000 posts on an Android message board. Maybe you have way more free time than me. And maybe that's why you like Android!
[And didn't everyone only have a few posts at some point? I've never used Android before. Why would I have posted here before?]
I'm a busy software engineer, with at least one project with hundreds of thousands of users, plus a family. I don't have time for everything. I'm torn between the potential of Android, versus the ability to the "delegate" my phone to Apple. They don't offer a perfect solution, but it's really pretty good, and it takes zero effort from me.
Having a white canvas isn't always better. Studies have repeatedly shown that having more options doesn't necessarily make people happier. In fact, the opposite is often true. When faced with fewer options, people spend less time looking for something better, and less time wondering if they chose correctly. In short, fewer options provides greater happiness. Sometimes.
Of course, that's not always the case. But you can't just blindly say that a white canvas is better. If I want to decorate my house, I want a finished painting, not a white canvas. I want someone who has taken the time to create something that they find to be beautiful. If I connect with it, I take it as-is, even if it's not exactly how I would have done it. I certainly wouldn't want to invest time buying painting supplies, learning how to paint, trying out different techniques, and hopefully at some point create a piece of art that is perfect for me. Even if I loved painting!
And that's kind of where I'm still at. I love the idea of a white canvas, because I know what I want. But I'm just not finding it out there, which is disappointing. And at this point, it just kind of seems more productive to buy something that I already know works, and takes zero effort, so I can focus my time on actually USING my phone, rather than trying to get it to work how I think it should. I have a lot of things I want to do with my time. Tinkering with a phone to make it usable is not one of them.