Thanks god, i felt the same way not to start a war.I have used almost all oses from S40,S60, Windows 6.5,7,8,8.1, to meego, mimo, limo and firefox os .All Good thing are copied, i agree , same as apple and android both copied from them , palm os and other os like meego, IOS 7 notification panel, quick shortcuts, swipe to unlock, gestures, task killers etc etc. Personally android offers value for money. I am not against apple making 3 times the profit on their cost but be realistic, its 2014 and your are bound to have competition in everything. Competition is good for us as prices come down. Now we see brands like huawei, oppo and one plus one offering same hardware at less cost thus pressurizing the so called brands to lower their margins. The same goes with Windows OS like nokia , htc or samsung or lg
In case of apple , the sacred cow is untouchable. Hence no one can disturb their profit and the down want to improve their OS to large extent. What i dont like in OS is ( no jailbroken)
Can i send/receive image via skype: NO
can i download a file from browser directly: NO
can somebody send a file over bluetooth: NO
can i access file manager: NO
can i transfer music or movies directly with the trouble of iTunes: NO
can i use third party browser like chrome : NO
can i side-load apps : NO
etc etc, the list can go on
Secondly , paid android games doesnot have adds, you can use any no adds app from playstore to stop popping add. Android is freedom, Ios/Windows 8.1 is not.