It can be done with guns or it can be done without. Can is the magic word here, and guns are optional.

The trees know

Or maybe they forgot to rinse off the soap when cleaning the cup?

It’s expert friendly - but turns others away. https://vger.app/ helps a bit

This is pointless - I don’t agree to the view that iOS and Android are equal - anymore than windows and Linux are equal.

The same goes for the companies behind - one sell devices the other sell ads through their free services.

The customisation you speak about is the same like what browser-bars introduced on pc’s ages ago. Some users have a good working one, but non technical people can end up being tricked in adding one without understanding. That is why it has a cost - nobody can easily swap out the dialer on iOS to listen in. On Android it’s standard functionality

I’m not sure you can compare the is to each other. It’s like comparing Ubuntu to Windows and say they are equal as you can demicrosoft windows.
I’m not sure you can compare apple to Google either. One gives away their os for free and make their money from user data, the other charge their users silly amounts and make their money from devices and cuts of app publisher’s sales. To me that’s a big difference.
As any user can install an app that “takes over your internets” without rooting there’s only trust keeping other apps from doing the same. Customisation comes at a cost, and many people don’t understand that.

No - that would only be true if both OS are equally secure in the first place. No matter how you behave you are limited by that. So equal behaviour on each system does not yield the same result.

Freedom is not security or privacy, but sure you (or someone else) can change your dialer on android and that can’t be done on iOS.

I’m not sure if you’re dense or just pretending. You talk about a piece of software and I refer to their faq. I’m sure you have researched your claims and read up on this software….

No sorry - if you want to claim knowledge without even checking their FAQ I’m fine with that.

Probably - but not as easy as your android device. Ask the black hats if they prefer their victim on iOS or android - it should help identify the most insecure device.

Maybe read up on their FAQ (1)?