To address some of your arguments (the others are quite orthogonal to my original point) :- >I find it rather ironic and rather reckless really from the develo

To address some of your arguments (the others are quite orthogonal to my original point) :- >I find it rather ironic and rather reckless really from the developer perspective too that you seem to totally eschew all the risk considerations that Apple takes into account, just ignoring the business decisions they make. I am not advocating for the abandonment of all security in favour of freedom. And I think there a better balance of security, convinience and freedom is possible than that currently provided by Apple. Still there is a certain trade-off involved between freedom and security. We have to compromise on one to gain the other. Given the choice, I would rather sacrifice a bit of security for greater freedom than vice-versa. (which is ultimately why i chose the android ecosystem over Apple's) >It is unarguable that the Apple ecosystem is not astronomically more secure and safe and a better user experience than Android for 99.999% of users. I will agree that from a security and privacy perspective iOS is miles ahead of Android. But i can argue that the iOS doesn't provide a better user experience for 99.99% of users. I will give just one example from my country India (there are many more). Here we are undergoing a explosive growth of smartphone usage driven by low-cost android devices. A lot of this growth is driven by poorer users from rural areas. The thing is even if they could afford Apple devices, they would get a sub-par experience to that provided by Android. Why? Because they often lack the necessary literacy, connectivity or bankability needed to utilize the Apple ecosystem (Or even the Play store for that matter). Instead they use apps like Xender and bluetooth to share music, apps, videos, etc. It is an entirely decentralised, p2p, shadow ecosystem operating in parallel to the playstore-ecosystem. Sure, it is rife with piracy (one of the main considerations behind Apple's locked-down model) and is riddled with insecurity. But i would argue that benefits far outweigh the risks. And isn't bringing the benefits of technology to the poor, one of the professed goals of Silicon Valley? Which brings me back to my original point- Android's lenient security model allows for new and novel uses of technology that wouldn't have otherwise been possible.