Apple

Blaming an iMessage blue tick is such a massive over-simplification.

Its about what Apple stands for as a brand. They only push luxury, premium products. They never compromise. They avoid ever looking cheap, whether thats hardware, software, letting users make all their app icons pink and star shaped, whatever.

Its also about what Android is perceived as. The name is literally a synonym for a robot which already is a bit geeky. Theres a million shitty android phone brands/types for every one good one.

There is also not a single android phone released last year that ticks every box. S23U has a pen and is pretty huge. Not for everyone. S23+ has a lower res screen. Pixel camera module looks weird Onelus is too niche, again weird camera module

And people complain apple arent innovating? They don’t have to. The competition is shooting itself in the foot, every single year.