Why I (mostly) gave up on Android Pt. 3

And a third part to the Android rant...

Apple
One of the biggest things stopping Android from really moving forward is Apple.  Apple doesn't seem to want to innovate in the mobile market.  What this results in is a whole fucking lot of arguing and some lawsuits where people argue over things that don't matter and award each other large sums of money that provide upper-management with better vacations.  I'm not mad at Apple for making money.  I'm mad at Apple for stifling innovation for half a decade.

Apple makes a shitload of money.  They dominate all of the more important parts of mobile technology.  Smartphones, tablets and "ultrabooks".  Want it to be easy, portable and easy to use?  Apple has you covered.  In the case of the ultrabooks.... I'm not sure I'd call it that easy to use and you may run into some trouble when everyone else and your IT department uses PCs.  The iPhone and iPad are far and away some of the best devices in their category in terms of polish.  Apple only releases one thing and they control it from start to finish.  If it is a flop, it is on them.  They are invested more in the product than Android is.  Even the Nexus 7 isn't the best device it can be.  Cutting costs and getting your name out there are great, but for technophiles like myself... it sucks.

If it isn't a lawsuit then it's an advertisement.  If it isn't an advertisement then it's a huge pile of money to get someone to adopt the phone.  Sending out iPhone to celebs = win.  Embedding iPods into the culture = win. Android is so far behind it isn't even funny.  They are making up ground, but how many shitty, el-cheapo devices are people going to get before they give up on?  That 50 dollar tablet from Walgreens isn't going to wow anyone.  Apple does a pretty good job at convincing people that they NEED to play 600 bucks for an iPad.  How?  I don't know. *full disclosure: I'm getting a Surface and have owned a Nexus 7*