cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/198544

While it has been argued that the choice of smartphone architecture might protect user privacy, no clear winner between iOS and Android emerges from our analysis.

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    3 years ago

    No. You can’t even sideload apps in an IPhone.

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      3 years ago

      More than that, Apple’s app ecosystem, both iOS and Mac, seems to be the least open source out of the consumer platforms. Even on the official Android and Windows app stores, a lot of apps are actually open source. That’s much rarer on Apple.