I understand the negative responses to your comment as I prefer the freedom to run whatever I want on my computers/devices, but I’d like to mention that I do se

I understand the negative responses to your comment as I prefer the freedom to run whatever I want on my computers/devices, but I’d like to mention that I do see your point because we do not live in isolation: If a friend or relative wants a phone, for now I can recommend them an iPhone and be free of the drama that would ensue if (when!) they installed any of those sketchy things you mention, which not only would for instance spy on their messages, but also get anything I send them in addition to my contact data. And then I’ll have to do technical support to mitigate the consequences. Other situation when this freedom will be a problem would be peer/boss pressure to install some crap that they like to use for messaging for instance. Unfortunately, others installing garbage in their computers/devices affects me too. That’s a social problem, and there is no simple solution for it. I’d still choose freedom.