@nebucatnetzer Apple backed down from their lawsuit against spyware vendor NSO Group, and tmk they never responded to the PatternZ malware found in over 60k app store titles (Google did respond to it). Like Tesla, Apple has a tight business relationship with the Chinese govt while Google exited the China market over spying and manipulation demands made by the CCP.
Now Apple devices are listening to all conversations within earshot, and all it takes is two taps on the exterior to activate... an insanely bad security issue.
So there are some stark differences between iOS and Android ecosystems (and Google is worse in some ways), but with Android we have an escape hatch to get out from under the megacorp's thumb.
And fun fact: Just yesterday an iPhone user asked me if she could find out if malware was in her phone. I said the best advice out there is basically limited to saying reboot your phone daily.