I often wonder why people think Google is less evil than Apple

They control the de facto search engine. They control the de facto video sharing platform. They're the biggest ad company in the world. They control what world sees and hears.

I have no doubt they've secretly shaped opinion on themselves.

Both companies are evil, but in different ways so you just pick the side that most closely aligns with your goals.

For me I switched bc Google keeps randomly killing projects so I have no idea what service is going to work and which isn’t. They killed Inbox so I switched to Apple.

That and their ad business.

I want a pure Linux phone now.

….or that cabin in the woods is sounding pretty good.

It's just comfortable living in the mindset that your choise of product tribe somehow makes a difference. People shut down on the thought that pretty much everything is fucked.

Marketing, Apple has many privacy and security ads. While their privacy/security is not different from google.

where you find those people?

Seems like best thing is buy a pixel used and put grapheneOS on it.