His opinion is subjective obviously, but as someone who's switched to iphone I still miss the apps I gave up - specifically AntennaPod and OpenTracks. I believe the iphone ecosystem has the advantage that it has higher-paying users which is attractive to developers, but really it's just a matter of there being different market segments and depending on who you are (or who you aspire to be) you might fit better into one than the other.
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