What are you talking about "same with the iphone" . My iphone has gotten every single update besides the ones that came to the Iphone X and it's going on 5 years.
I was mistaken about this and I apologize.
However, I do question the viability of a phone past three years. Hardware at that point is what tends to break down, especially the battery. In addition, I've heard nightmare stories about people updating old iPhones, not only to have headline features disabled but severe performance degradation too. I think three years is a perfectly viable update schedule -- more than that is appreciated, but less than that is unacceptable, and I agree with that notion.
I've never seen an Android hold value. You're saying Pixel first gens sell used for $200-$250? Most Iphone 7s are over $300 both on Ebay and Offerup. I mean, you can't look at a listing that's in 100-200 range that's still being bid on. Just look at offerup. It's hard to find a 7 in the mid 200s (you can get lucky but on average they're over 250).
We're arguing over (at most) $50 here, I think I've proven my point.
Also, from most indications Pixel hasn't saved HTC, so i don't know what the future holds for either HTC in general, or the Pixel line. Google still hasn't figured out how to do this properly.
This is tangential and not relevant to the conversation. The part of HTC that had a hand in the Pixel line is now fully owned by Google, and the Pixel 2 XL proves Google has no issues switching OEMs if there's an issue with HTC.
Don't compare a chromebook to an actual windows/mac laptop.
I wasn't, you're the one who brought laptops into the conversation, and they're a separate beast entirely. As I mentioned, it's not a fair comparison for either side.
They're not the same just because a Pixel chromebook sells for an absurdly high price (1k last i checked) which is fucking laughable.
What Chrome OS has historically lacked compared to macOS and Window is a variety of native apps, especially of the professional variety. That gap is getting smaller with Android and Linux app support, alongside work on a Windows dual boot option. The Pixelbook and Pixelbook 2 aren't worth the price for most people (as far as a $1000+ laptop is justifiable to
anyone), but by the time of the Pixelbook 3 it may be. The hardware itself is certainly high-end and premium.
But none of this tackles the point i made why i stick with Apple. It's the overall integration between laptop,phone, watch, services. It's still the best out there. Not to mention Imessage, facetime, things that Google is just now trying to catch up on.
I'm glad you mention integration because there's strengths there Google does well and Apple doesn't (as vice-versa.) Google Drive blows iCloud out of the water. When will Apple "catch up" to Google Photos? Google Maps? Chromecast?
When will Apple get something like Project Fi or Voice? YouTube? Google Docs? Gmail? Nest's entire line of products? There's still many areas where Google integrates and Apple doesn't even bother, so it's difficult for me to accept "Apple's stuff is way more integrated" on its face. That only makes sense if by integrated you mean "exclusive to their hardware," but that's not really integration, it's lock-in.
I can say "Hey Google, show me my kitchen" and Google Home™ will throw my Nest Cam IQ™'s security feed onto my Chromecast™-enabled television.
That's integration.
Google's "issue" in this area is that they don't pick favorites, and their services work well on all platforms. If anything, that hurts them, since if they suddenly switched to the "Apple way," you'd have a lot of sudden Android and Chrome OS conversions.
Fuck, most apps don't even come to android first, and some times when they do it's buggy as fuck.
If you have a recent, personal anecdote about an an app like this, I'd love to hear it, because it hasn't really been true for years. I don't see you as a Snapchat type, either.
If you prefer iOS and macOS, that's totally fine. But to imply you'd be lacking some kind of extra "magic" (the Apple version of Nintendo's "whimsy") by not picking Apple is totally false.