Since the author effectively tells you how to do it, all you need to do is find a pixel 4 or older and you’re golden.
Besides the whole "can't install user software" issue.
Bugs are inevitable and so the difference is support duration and speed.
What seems to matter more is how many auditors are actually digging in and how aggressively secure coding practices are applied. It certainly doesn’t seem like there’s a big difference between the two in terms of security but Android has more people using old software because their manufacturer didn’t want to ship an update.
“many eyes make all bugs shallow” should have always been seen as horse shit. It has the same level of evidence as other linuxy "truisms" like "worse is better" and "everything as text or a file is best"
Heartbleed and shellshock sat right in public eye for quite some time, but it turns out nobody was watching.
> all you need to do is find a pixel 4 or older and you’re golden
Its worse, it works on most Android phones without the latest security patch, not just Google phones.
I'd say iPhones used to be snappier maybe 5+ years ago, but nowadays I grab an Android phone if I want something to be done fast, say perform a web search. Two exceptions: 1) Android phones are stuttery disasters for some time after booting up. No big deal, since I rarely power my phones off. 2) iPhone is usually faster to snap a photo than Android.
For anything security related, like banking etc. I use iPhone.
Of course your mileage may vary.
Fragmentation has it's issues but centralisation is way worse.
I remember the Android nightmares of Camera1 Camera2 CameraX APIs, then bluetooth all buggy implementation with years passing by and no decent solution in place.
I don't remember a single big bug by iOS
Much more lukrative to sell your exploit on the black market.