I don’t disagree that they are one of the most restrictive walled gardens but to push the narrative of them valuing security misuse of APIs to fingerprint furthers that. But who are we kidding when this can disrupt current strategies to deliver ads to their users by third parties.
Also, if you are pushing some kind of software to a platform you are beholden to the platform. This has been argued to the beginning where software repositories run by corporations can get you kicked off of it. All of what you are saying in the second paragraph have been rules for a long time on the App Store and it is the most lucrative for the App Store to develop for which supports developers . If you want to do what you want using android is an alternative but then you have to remove the shovelware or buy a Pixel. Also the google Play store has less to offer and isn’t well policed since the App Store is more lucrative with more rules.
> If you want to do what you want using android is an alternative …
I don’t agree with this. Google is implementing many restrictions, checks and rules too. Just like Apple. Their play store rules are equally comprehensive.
It is true that Google has a different approach to Android APIs and extensibility but they face many of the same problems as Apple has on their platform and you can see that they react to that every Android release by adding new security and privacy features or policies.
You can flash grapheneos on your device and then side load which really isn’t possible with an iPhone. I was alluding to this but I should had made that more apparent .
Also, if you are pushing some kind of software to a platform you are beholden to the platform. This has been argued to the beginning where software repositories run by corporations can get you kicked off of it. All of what you are saying in the second paragraph have been rules for a long time on the App Store and it is the most lucrative for the App Store to develop for which supports developers . If you want to do what you want using android is an alternative but then you have to remove the shovelware or buy a Pixel. Also the google Play store has less to offer and isn’t well policed since the App Store is more lucrative with more rules.