Haha, yes your first paragraph is exactly what my experience has been. That's why I always push friends/family to get minimum of 32GB still (which other cousins, and my sister, did listen to me). It's why this rumor of the iPhone 7 finally increasing the base limit to 32GB is so sorely needed. Doesn't matter if Apple uses app slicing, it can't replcae having more internal storage.
As for your second paragraph, I couldn't have put it better myself. I don't mind managing my device, especially because I feel I get more functionality and flexibility out of my device. A computer is slightly different as both OS X and Windows are full blown computers that have access to the file system but with Windows I can build my own PC just the way I like, and I am willing to deal with whatever random stuff Windows throws at me for that benefit (though I mostly use a Mac). As you said, I haven't had issues (even with Vista) because I manage things. Some users, especially some Apple users, like that they don't have to manage their devices so much. To each their own.
