Subsequent 15 sec videos trying to convince iPhone users by focusing on:
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privacy & security (https://piped.video/watch?v=sFpuVW8SR_k), vaguely touts proactive protection without really specifying what it is in the video (they do show a Play Protect scan as an example), but pretty sure they’re referring to this: https://www.android.com/safety/security/
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emoji reactions (https://piped.video/watch?v=P0bcpUqEfdM);
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transferring photos (https://piped.video/watch?v=WLhREY3ynrE);
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device compatibility (https://piped.video/watch?v=HE7AklvsG5o), basically shows an example of device pairing.
IMO the examples are pretty basic and vague, not what would win over any iPhone user.
I use android and I will still say I think iOS had an edge when it comes to security. iOS sandbox is far more restrictive of what apps can and can’t do. While I disagree with certain restriction others I can see. Keep in mind as far as I am aware android apps can still do things like list every application on the device, and don’t get me started on Google Play services
Cybersec White Papers haven’t ranked an iPhone as the most secure phone in like 5 years.
I use graphine and put all the spooky apps in my “work” profile and that seems to make me feel safe enough, keep in mind while I would love it if I could convince every single friend to move to FOSS applications I know deep down that would be really hard to do
I think the sandbox itself isn’t much better, if at all. Their app store restrictions are MUCH stricter, though, and the privacy controls are actually checked.
Google lets through more crap. Apple’s reviewers aren’t great (for the developer, at least) but as a user the restrictive store filtering gives Apple a security advantage.
Also: updates. Yes, Samsung now gives five years of security updates, but Google and plenty of other manufacturers have failed to get to that level when iOS receives seven years of updates these days.
Apple’s design also has some problems. For example, Safari and iMessage have been deeply integrated into the OS for ages, which led to some zero click exploits that would never be as problematic as they would be on Android.
Most of these issues have since been fixed but there’s still a much deeper integration between what I would consider standard apps and the underlying OS.
I still don’t think doing stuff like listing apps on the device is possible without at least a sandbox escape.
LSApplicationWorkspace.defaultWorkSpaceshould do the trick, though you won’t be able to publish the app on the app store if you call this API. The only barrier here is Apple’s rules for the app store, which can be overcome using the standard SDK or a tool like Altstore.Damn didn’t know that lol.