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Android is vastly less secure than iOS, which is why there are millions of android devices participating in botnets, and millions of users having money stolen f
by gress 12y ago
Android is vastly less secure than iOS, which is why there are millions of android devices participating in botnets, and millions of users having money stolen from them by malware on Android.
Apple is cautious about allowing their consumer products to run downloaded code for this reason - it provides a clear and undeniable benefit for customers.
Of course some people want to trade this benefit for the benefit of more flexibility. That is one of the reasons for choosing Android.
Pretending that the iOS approach is just about stifling competition is ignoring the facts.
Also your claim that Chrome uptake was just about speed is unsupported. It was installed as part of the flash installer on many people's machines, and pushed on the Google homepage. Some people may have chose it for technical reasons but many people did so because it was marketed heavily, or installed with another product.
- JohnTHaller 12y agoThe Android and iOS devices running malware are nearly all doing so due to the built-in security measures being disabled by the end user to enable the addition of apps not from their respective app stores. Specifically, Android devices with side-loading enabled or iOS devices that are jailbroken. Pirated versions of paid apps and games will often contain malware. There are numerous examples for both platforms. As to the numbers, there are a lot more Android phones where the user has enabled side-loading or rooted than there are iOS devices that are jailbroken. Anecdotally, I don't know a single person in real life on either iOS or on Android that's gotten malware. Anti-competitive behavior to keep apps that compete for Apple's customer data and money off of iOS provides a clear and undeniable benefit for Apple. It's not like this is unusual or new behavior for them: http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/apple-deleted-non-itunes-music-off-ipods-for-two-years-answers-for-it-in-court/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/apple-deleted-non-itunes-...
- gress 12y agoYou have proven the point. If Apple allowed sideloading or rooting, nobody would accuse them of anti-competitive behavior. Therefore you are asserting that what you are calling 'anti-competitive' behavior is precisely what limits malware on iOS vs Android. Bear in mind that all of the major vendors, including Google have been convicted of wrongdoing and anti-competitive behavior, so linking to breathless headlines demonstrates nothing.