Exhaustive list of internationally supported cellular network providers (See link in details)

Excuse my ignorance, but I thought that it ran off existing network providers (Sprint, TMobile and US Cellular) in the United States … so not sure how the Android device argument applies. Sure it might be optimized for Android customization, but to not include a supported Google service in the list compared to completely unknown brands might come across as suspicious to Google loyalists … something for Apple to consider in case it does not want the publicity.

One aspect that I did just think of though is that Google Fi allows for more customization on Android devices - the UI for which Apple might not want to build into its settings panes … but that should be addressable through ToS fine print, no? Happy to reconsider my position if I’m still missing something.

As for better international availability, given that the Fi business model is to establish partnerships with existing network carriers in the market as opposed to building a new network, I’d be very surprised if it did not become ubiquitous worldwide very soon … especially given the proliferation of affordable Android devices in Asia and Africa.

And finally the overarching issue here is about optics in case Apple did not want to raise unnecessary eyebrows … yes you can download the Fi app, but think of the message that sends - Apple chose to write code that included RedTeaGO, but did not see Google worthy of the same courtesy.