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That really is the elephant in the room IMO. How can it be so terrible from a security perspective on one platform and ok on another one?

Is my laptop really that different from my phone? People may have different usage but they both contain sensitive data and are meant to be used in public places. We just operate one with a touch screen and the other with a keyboard + track pad.

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The argument is a phone is a critical tool, an issue affecting your phone is much more dangerous because you may need to use your phone in an emergency. That is Apple's argument for why ios and macos are different.

That makes sense. I'll also grant that one of the most effective security measure is to deny by default and only allow stuff explicitly (with a single, controlled app store in this case). Personally I think the reasons for those security measure are not worth the freedom limitations and I guess that's why I've never been a fan of the apple ecosystem.

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