• Luffy@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    Does anyone remember how the Devs from there didnt want to release for Android because ApPlE iS sOoOo mUcH mOoOrE sEcUrE

    Get rekt.

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      4 hours ago

      In terms of security alone, iPhones easily beat most Android phones. Which may be a fair argument in favor of iPhones. However, to ignore Apple’s policies and long history of delisting similar apps is delusional.

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        3 hours ago

        In regards to security, Apple does have three upsides, and only those:

        • No sideloading and no unlocked bootloader means you can’t sideload malware or install malware-preloaded ROMs. No root also means you can’t just install malware that uses root access.
        • Long OS support means fewer people run around with iPhones that are 5 OS versions behind.
        • There’s no tiny boutique iPhone manufacturers who sell phones that come pre-loaded with malware.

        The solution for the first one is “don’t sideload untrusted stuff” and the solution to the second and third one is “buy an Android phone from a trusted manufacturer that has long term OS support”.

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          3 hours ago

          Long os support meant to intentionally brick your iphone so you buy new. That is 100% true as I had many apple products started degrading after upgrade and still have old models that are not upgraded and work perfectly

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            3 hours ago

            I’m not defending apple here. Short OS support (or none at all) is not a good thing, and it’s something that’s sadly still quite common if you buy the wrong Android brand.

            Samsung is doing pretty well in that regard right now.

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          4 hours ago

          Based on most smartphones being very insecure. Of course, iPhones aren’t extremely secure, but the competition is practically nonexistent. Pretty much the only secure Android phones are Pixels. Samsung is considered one of the more secure manufacturers too, but according to GrapheneOS devs it’s still way behind Google.

          Note that even police and government agencies sometimes have trouble getting into iPhones. They never have such troubles getting into Android smartphones, except Pixels.

          This is by no means meant to advertise iPhones. It’s just a simple observation that security in smartphones is heavily lacking.