they’re referring to the linked article in the post. Ironic that your comment is calling someone out for not reading it.

I wouldn’t really call this a “report” when there aren’t any metrics in the reasoning other than price.

Even in their own article, it mentions how support and updates vary by manufacturer so it’s kind of meaningless to compare iPhone to the whole Android ecosystem. You’d need to choose one or more manufacturer in order to make an apples to apples comparison.