@nprofile1q... Apple isn't cleaner or (much) safer than a patched Android fork. They do the CCP's dirty work, and and they don't mind looking the other way when apps bake-in lucrative malware en masse. Apple's high fees are goading app vendors to find any/every way to exploit their users even when those monetization frameworks start advertizing out-and-out "attacks" on users.
Another iOS downside is you're allowed only one html rendering engine (Apple's).
And they updated iOS network stack so that VPNs are forced to leak endpoint IP address info.