As a parent of 2 kids under 10, at this age they don’t care about brands. The school uniforms are much more expensive than any t shirts or shorts or track pants from Kmart or bigW (Aussie retailers). Poorer kids still get hand me downs and second hand, whereas richer kids get brand new. Most kids are only-child these days, so the concept of hand me downs is less prevalent within a family.

For teens, I can understand that point, but for teens I think self expression and exploring identity are key parts of growing up.

All aspects of android (pretty much) are customisable. It’s not the os that is the problem, but the developers who program on all this telemetry.

There keyboards on android are much more useful than what’s available on iOS. There is a similar issue with launchers. They, by their nature, need more access to other apps and more permissions. In most cases, that means more features, but meta and Microsoft have launchers too…

I use android and iOS. I find both good but the customisable nature of android is what drove me away from iOS.