The Ghost of Steve Jobs Still Wants Your Android

Every hardcore Android user has the speech ready. Apple is overpriced toys for people who can’t be bothered to learn. Real power users flash LineageOS onto a rooted Samsung and run Tails at home. The implication being that choosing an iPhone is less a preference than an intellectual failure.

And yet. Every time I’ve spent a few days stuck with an Android device—whatever the model, whatever the reason—I’ve ended up in a low-grade rage at something that shouldn’t be this hard, and come crawling back to my iPhone with something close to relief. This isn’t a measured technology opinion. It’s a conditioned response at this point.

Tim Cook, along with the permanently disappointed ghost of Steve Jobs, would very much like the remaining holdouts to have that same experience. So Apple released three short clips laying out their case: here is why their phones are better, here is why you should switch, here is the serene product-video confidence that all of this is obvious and you are simply behind. Watch them and decide which side of the argument your blood pressure puts you on.