after 15 years, iOS has finally caught up with all the main android features, such as
- very mid ui design
- kinda floaty feeling
- unpolished vibe android itself has progressed little, although it is rapidly achieving feature parity with iOS on "locked down user hostility". overall both ecosystems look very appealing, energetic, and healthy, for shareholders
Well if you don't like either you can always go for the paid sailfishOS, or a free linux experience like Ubuntu touch / postmarkerOS...
They're just not accessible enough for the average user, and banking on them is suffering
SFOS isn't paid; just the proprietary features on the official ports (Android App Support and Exchange Activesync).
Community ports and official ports without those features have always been free.