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Not trying to create iOS versus Android but I think when it comes to privacy and data protection, nothing beats iOS. The recent snoopgate scandal where Tiktok was caught naked with reading data on clipboard shows how much it is privacy centric.

The recent iOS 14 should give new ideas about how some of core Android features can be modified to meet the customers standards.

@Lamborghini With its limited functionality and the attitude to establish monopoly by being unfair to apps like Spotify. I think both Android and iOS are poles apart. And it does make sense why one may seem more secure than the other.

@Samuel Care to explain your point? I may be missing something, been away from tech for a while.

It's just that when I saw iOS 14 beta review telling which apps are requesting microphone or front cam access, I just wished Google would do the same. It gives a sense of security that no shady stuff is going on right under my nose. That tiktok crap, I believe, is a point of concern for me. Imagine if it snoops on OTP if copied.

Snooping has kind off become defacto with any os. It's their level that is more disturbing.

iOS 14 also lets you know if an App accesses your clipboard upon being launched. Most of the apps I use don’t but some do. It’s creepy.

iOS has had major security loopholes. Android developers wrote to Apple about how applications can access camera in background and how it can be changed. I'll link the article if I find it. It's in the last 2 years that they've started being very diligent about app access and privacy settings after various issues and concerns raised by the users.

And about Spotify, you can read here:


Android as well shows in the notification bar if there's an app that's running in the background. I remember that after an update it started showing every app activity in the notification bar, it started bothering me because without any push notifications the phone suddenly started displaying app status such as: syncing, running in background. Android also gives you the option to always allow an app to access location or only while using the app, prompt always or always deny.

Android widgets have been in existence since ages, but I think iOS did a better job with the implementation.

Thank you for the explanation and the links. I have two phones Nokia 7+(Android one) Realme XT. While 7+ does show me request menu when there is a permission request from any app and if I want to grant permission permanently or selectively. Whereas in XT, some of the permissions are by default, greyed out, meaning you can't change it, let alone grant it in the first place. Some manufacturers somehow try to circumvent these rules thereby giving poor Android experience and we end up blaming Google for lax implementation.

Google should seriously take action against such manufacturers for violating the permissions rule. No permission is to be granted unless approved by the user. Period. But we all know they won't. Seems like these cases apply only to pixel/Nexus devices.

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