Yeah totally must be iMessage and not the fact that iPhones just feel significantly smoother and less laggy, have a way better looking interface, and way better security overall(Android doesn’t even have full disk encryption lol..)
You might be surprised to hear that the iPhone also doesn't have full disk encryption - it used file based encryption as well.
I have no idea what it's like in 2022, but it was such a horrible experience.
On a similar note, Pegasus has me unable to get an iPhone even if I wanted to.
There might be some multi step exploit that requires me to download an app from an external source, but nothing like the 0 clicks.