Apple CEO Tim Cook says Android has 47 times more malware than iOS, blaming side-loading. But we’re not so sure about the figure.
One of the best things about Android compared to iOS is the greater level of control users are given, with side-loading of apps being one of the biggest benefits. This means you can download apps from repositories other than the Play Store, and there are a variety of apps worth side-loading. Now, Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out against the practice of side-loading apps onto iPhones in an interview with Brut America (h/t: ZDNet). “That [side-loading – ed] would destroy the security of the iPhone and a lot of the privacy initiatives that we built into the App Store, where we have privacy nutrition labels and app tracking transparency, where it forces people to get permission to track across apps,” Cook explained. More reading: Seven things Android does better than iOS “These things would not exist anymore except in people that stuck in our ecosystem, and so I worry deeply about privacy and security.
