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iOS requires KYC even for development. It also forces to follow so many payment related rules to be published to their store they basicaly kicked out themselves from being an option for Robosats.

And it doesn't seem to get any better in the near future:

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/apple-pulls-icloud-end-to-end-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-demanded-backdoor/

You can always use Tor, Desktop or Umbrel/Start9

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Yeah, it’s a little screwy, but what is isn’t? It cracks me up when people talk privacy in the same sentence that they mention they are using an android device. You can’t help but do a double take, but it is what it is.

When someone asks me what is to choose, I have one question. What is more important to you, freedom and customization (Android) or privacy and optimization (iOS)?

Since they don’t seem to have a problem using browsers, couldn’t you slip one in there? Instead of using an app, access the website directly.

In either case, I thank you for your response. Have a great day. ✌🏻

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Devin 10mo ago

I've asked this before and looked online but have not found an answer. How is iOS better for privacy than Android? Especially now that they dropped some encryption for the EU? It seems to me that any security advantage stems from the same qualities that prevent a lot of apps from being available on iOS, i.e. their "walled garden." I also assume this point is reference to stock Android and not something like Graphene.

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I’m not addressing the UK/EU nonsense as that was done against Apple’s wishes and it’s only over there. Europe wants to play fast and loose, let them.

All you have to do is use an iPhone to know. It’s hard to explain every feature that is seemingly better developed on iOS than android without writing a novel.

But let me just say this, I could leave my iPhone unlocked and there is nothing of consequence that you could access without my biometrics. You can’t even download an app from the store without my biometrics. Android, for some reason thinks once the device is unlocked, the threat is gone. I can look at passwords, credit card information, anything that should stay private is now wide open.

I got about 20 more examples like that one.

Privacy shouldn’t stop once your device is unlocked.

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Devin 10mo ago

I see that as an OPSEC mitigation for security. There is value there, for sure, but most apps (all of them on my phone) with sensitive info have that option built in as well. If, for some reason, I left my phone unlocked and someone picked it up within the 30 seconds it takes to lock automatically, they wouldnt have access to anything sensitive.

But that doesnt really address the privacy.