[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] EP2008:
It's a fun discussion.

I've used Google products for a very long time (over a decade at least). While I hate some of the things they do, like introduce products only to kill them after a short time, I've had nothing but amazing success with all of their services: gmail, search, youtube, photos, keep, calendar, etc. I've run business' using only google services, and I really have no complaints.

VR is still new, but it is something that many people will enjoy. If games and porn is all that people want, it's good enough to make it useful to them.

Not sure when you last used photo's, but it couldn't be easier and the UX/UI is wonderful.

I use it for MANY things, but I'll give you a few examples: I run a large blog, so I'm always taking pictures and videos, but finding specific photos can be a challenge. With google photos I type what I'm looking for and it's there. If I want a photo taken at a certain place, I can search for it. If I'm looking for photos of certain people to add to a social media post, it's right there.

For editing, I use it for more than crop, but adjusting the images before posting/uploading to my blog. It's highly useful and sure as heck beats firing up a desktop photo editor.

It's also incredibly useful for sharing photos/videos with others, having them add their own photos back, adding comments to photos for future reference, creating special albums, etc.

It's by far one of the most useful apps I use.

And that might be all that you need. Personally, I used to use a networked storage solution for backing up files, but using the cloud is way easier for me.

Have you tried gesture typing a quick reply while your phone is resting on a camera hump? I do this dozens of times a day and without a case to level out the hump, I would lose my hair over in frustration.

I have two OTG devices, one is a tiny thumb drive that has a full sized USB on one end and a USB-c port on the other. Copying files to and from my PC is dead simple and a heck of a lot easier than waiting to 4K videos to upload or be transferred. It also works well on my chromebook.

The other OTG device is a micro SD card reader. The benefit of having it is that I can snap photos on my Canon G7X and quickly transfer the photos to my phone without worrying about removing the back cover, turning off the phone, etc.. annoyances that really bothered me when using my Samsung Note 4.

This could be something I use a dozen times a day depending on my workload. For backups, it's way easier to use OTG, especially when it keeps your data separate from your device.

My flash drive is on my keychain (it's tiny) and I've never lost my keys since I became a driver like twenty years ago.

I can't really backup TWRP files, and titanium backups to google drive are always problematic for me (errors, timeouts, etc..). For transferring things like multi GB videos, OTG is way more convenient (especially when I don't want them to be backed up to the cloud before I can see them on my laptop).

Apple and Samsung for starters. Google may be up there, too... who knows? The Pixel line is a big step forward for Google, so I'm sure they don't want to screw it up. They've already one-upped many other companies by offering 24/7 access to customer service right from the phone.