guess the reasoning is that there is a lot less attack surface when used in a way where number of apps is reduced to 2-3 (I have such a set-up and for my purpos

guess the reasoning is that there is a lot less attack surface when used in a way where number of apps is reduced to 2-3 (I have such a set-up and for my purpose even an older non-smart motorola flip phone would do the trick). as soon as I want to do video calls at reasonable speeds, it's probably in my interest to have moderately new hardware and chipsets supporting things like beamforming or other things that only more recent hardware can give me. but even here my 8 yro phone does everything I want it to so that argument kicks only in for truly ancient hardware (e.g. LTE support etc)