I understand the OP's point and can relate. Most of the fanboys here are too blind to see the actual state. The platform is dead and no, Microsoft does not care. It baffles me that people deny there is an app gap.
The app gap is huge. I could easily name a dozen or so (probably more) apps, some of which are niche apps, that will likely never come to Windowsphone but would be a huge help to me. Every time I see a new product come out with companion apps, they indicate being in both the apple and google stores. Never WP. If WP has not caught on by now, it is unlikely they ever will, or if they do, it will take years to catch up.
I am really close to switching. My quandary is, can I really tolerate the glitch, security risk-prone Android ecosystem, again? But, at least I can have everything I love about WP on my new Android device, right?
Microsoft has not publicly addressed its Verizon customers. I have an Icon, so I can last a little longer with my device, but they won't even acknowledge that they failed to build any real type of partnership and Joe Belfiore owns the blame. Apple managed to negotiate with VZ on its own terms, Microsoft did not. Plain and simple. No, I can't just switch carriers. I travel to areas where other networks get zero signal.
Every week we see more and more major apps leave Windows Phone. There has been no rush to W10 universal apps by developers and It looks like Project Astoria has problems....big ones. Wake up and smell the coffee, fanboys, the end is nigh!