https://trackchanges.postlight.com/know-your-ecosystems-d362c7f9d700 >I used to be on T-Mobile, but I went into a customer service hole so frustrating that at the end, every time I even looked at my phone, I felt disgusted and powerless. Plus their service doesn’t work in the Brooklyn/Battery Tunnel. So I decided to give up on my iPhone 6, which was suffering from early onset battery death and which also had a tendency to spit out my charging cables like they tasted bad, and switch to Verizon. Which is admittedly like switching from Bank of America to Chase. Whenever I switch phones I like to switch between Android and iOS, because it keeps me young. So I got a Google Pixel 2 XL with 128 gigs of RAM. >Having had a few Android phones in the past I was expecting the typical confusion, disappointment, and sense of “well it’s garbage, but fun garbage!” that comes with that platform. Instead I…love my phone. I am a little ashamed to admit it. Partly I love it because I don’t hear Jony Ive’s voice reading off the periodic table every time I use it —