• squaresinger@lemmy.world
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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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      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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        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.