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> Want to be constantly spied on and probably also hacked? Use Android.

Most of the spying is done by phone apps. This affects iOS and Android in the same way in recent versions. The extra bit that gets sent to Google directly seems like a small part of it.

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In my experience it’s easier to manage permissions on iOS and it’s easier to see which apps used them. So while app vendors probably try to include the same spying software on both platforms I’m able to restrict their data access in a more straightforward way on iOS.

It sounds like they were referring more to the difficulty of getting timely Android updates—or getting them at all—depending on device.

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