I once hated iPhones like you all, then I got one. Now I realize how bloated an unorganized Android is. The simplicity and ease of use of my iPhone is unparalleled. It integrates with my Mac Pro so I can text from my computer, or continues working on a document or viewing a web page seamlessly. It connects to my car using carplay, and it wirelessly mirrors my phone onto my appleTv in my living room. All of this is built in with no extra cables and things that need to be bought. I had nothing but problems with my android phones, and windows phones just suck from top to bottom. So y'all can think what you want. I have heard plenty stories of ex android users loving their new iPhones, but never heard any ex iPhone users loving their new android. The only people I see talking shit about iPhones are android users that are just obviously uneducated, and have never owned an iPhone to begin with.
Before anyone says I got lured in to buying all these Apple devices, no... no I did not. I chose to buy them all because they work together and form a perfect eco system. Just like everything in technology is trying to do, trying to be part of a seamless easy to use ecosystem. Android does not nor probably ever will have this ecosystem.
You need to pay Apple if you want do aps, even if only for personal use.
It sucks if you are not a utter beginner that will only use it to read docs and watch movies