re: What would it take for you to leave Apple?

It really comes down to sharing high quality media. The size of MMS messages are constrained by carrier imposed limits. So the vast majority of videos being sent get heavily compressed (by both the sending phone and the networks). A quick 10 second video could arrive to your wife's phone looking like absolute trash.

I wouldn’t be upset at all if we just went back to flip phones, or land lines. Having the world at your fingertips has made life a lot more complicated in many way.

I've never been into apple.

The only reason I've stayed with Apple thus far is because their iPhones frustrate the hell out of government surveillance and Apple has not been very willing to fall in line and provide a backdoor for the various alphabet agencies to exploit. Once that is changed (if it hasn't been quietly changed already) I'm gone.

I don't do anything that should cause alarm or warrant attention from Uncle Sam, but I also don't think the bastards should have their prying eyes in everything that everyone does. So, if it comes down to it, I'll look at other cell phone manufacturers to find the best options and use "Signal" for texts and other communications if it becomes necessary.

If an American produced cell phone became available, I would dump Apple in a split second. I've grown rather weary of seeing our technology stolen and patents ignored by the Chi-Coms and others. Not to mention the spyware that is built into many phones as a matter of course in manufacturing them. (I probably need to add another two or three layers of tin foil to my hat now that I think about it.)