What did you mean then when you said:

"That said, I do have two Android devices and have had many in the past. There is no "moving" anything, because from day one the OS has been a cloud-connected one. The whole idea is that when you log into a new device it all just comes down from the internet."

From what you've just said there is plenty of "moving" to be done. It sounds like you just said that very little actually "just comes down from the Internet" ?
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