Please help me convince the rest of my family by offering your reasons for wanting to leave Verizon.

For me its;

Verizon has destroyed it's relationship with Google for all sorts of reasons, resulting in Verizon getting new Google phones last (and no more Nexus?).  

There is no way to avoid the bloatware and android modifications made by Verizon except to root.

We might get the HTC One sooner if Verizon wasn't such an arrogant company that doesn't care about its customers AT ALL.

With today's leak about Verizon's collusion in a privacy busting data collection scheme, my desire to leave Verizon is at its peak. Between all of my family members we pay them a fortune.

Deirdre