From what i've read, MS is making big money on this stuff, and I was under the impression it was because of patented technologies present in Android the OS, not so much just the guys building the hardware but if that's how it is, there is still some funny sense or irony there, so I think
As for Google Inc, i'm sure my disdain may be unreasonable but in my view they represent the ultimate intrusion in privacy and personal data mining. Their capabilities for data collection seem to run unnecessarily deep and that caveat is tied to literally ever product and/or service they offer. Android in its root approach is a stroke of genius at it's tactic is clever: penetration by making it's OS free. You are at that point tied into Google services left and right which has its own data mining capacities but that aside, the OS itself once activated is a total data mining farm. Seriously, Google doesn't exactly have any concept of the word privacy, and to me its far far more about principle rather than having anything to hide. If that precept does not make any sense, then there is no way to explain myself further.
Next up, I am stubborn and unforgiving when it comes to tech, and when I can see valid reasons to hate something and want nothing to do with it, I will. Google's own CEO once described Google Inc as "an advertising platform first, a services company second." I would not trust something as heavily as I do my smartphone to a company with such a philosophy. Targeted advertising thru data collection is a part of using the internet but I am convinced Google takes it a little too deep and I could neither respect nor appreciate such excessive attempts at nailing one's data privacy. I hate their Android OS so much, such a horribly broken OS. It's Linux kernel is around 15 million lines of cod, not to mention a huge Java layer on top. The Linux kernel is a mess with stuff in there like developer comments that say things like "is this supposed to he here". To understand what I mean research the differences between the Linux kernel and the BSD kernel to better understand what I mean. Very processor inefficient which is why you need massive hardware to make it run smooth and perform really well. Android is still the least secure platform on the market, and even companies with the size and money of Samsung have not been hugely successful (with reference to Knox) in making Android secure. There are plenty of entities out there of all sizes who support Android (alongside everything else) at the Enterprise level, but not exclusively and only Android is one I've ever read posts and opinions from IT admins who proclaim they won't go anywhere near it or have dubbed it a security nightmare. If you believe my opinion of how awful Android data security is, step away from this conversation for a minute and do a small handful of searches on Android security, Android malware, Android data breaches, etc.
Do forgive all of my rambling. I do that. All I can say is that I have far too many ideas of things involving Google Inc that I find unacceptable and even if every single opinion I hold is dead wrong (and I know I'm not about their data mining and anti-privacy practices, its in their various fine prints), I nonetheless will not associate myself with anything to do with them. They don't offer anything I can't find elsewhere and to me they are devious because they offer services and products like Android that people love, that genuinely rock and are fantastic for all sorts of people, but at what cost? Again, we're talking about a sort of personal principle here that you either understand or do not, so it has nothing to do with the context of my text messages or something silly like that.
And I love ttinfoil hats.