Justify "largely", please.

I don't think Apple has demonstrated more commitment to "building secure devices" than to "building a tightly walled garden to maximize leverage over developers and users".

Edit: grammar

I don't know of any consumer company that has taken privacy and security more seriously than Apple.

They led the way on iOS with Sandboxing, Secure Enclave, forcing HTTPS, on-device ML, on-use permissions model, fingerprinting prevention. And TouchID/FaceID both were popularised on iOS and made simple and reliable enough to be used by tens of millions.

> I don't know of any consumer company that has taken privacy and security more seriously than Apple.

True, but that doesn't negate other intentions.

And yet iOS exploits are cheaper than Android exploits, because iOS exploits are so plentiful in comparison.

>Fair point but that’s largely due to security not Apple’s desire to lockout other browsers

Lol, if I remember correctly Microsoft also used the "security" angle to defend their monopolistic behavior too.

That is a large benefit of the doubt...

I seriously doubt it but I guess we'll never know.

Yes they do, quite explicitly in fact:

> 2.5.6 Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate WebKit framework and WebKit Javascript.

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

By disallowing dynamic code execution, Apple does disallow other browsing engines. It does not matter what language Apple uses to disallow other browsing engines, since the effect is the same.

The App Store Review Guidelines explicitly forbid this:

> 2.5.6 Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate WebKit framework and WebKit Javascript.

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/