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      11 months ago

      It is because it isolates apps and stops apps from using permissions it isnt allowed to use. In windows mac and linux programs just have access to all the user has access to which is very insecure. + on phones programs are most of the time installed by an appstore, so no installing viruses by beeing a idiot.

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          11 months ago

          Thats a big if. But on linux you cant by default on most distros isolate programs like you can on android.

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              11 months ago

              In a user frendly manner would be a better wording. But the bigger thing is the sandboxing android does. That doesnt exist on desktop OSs.

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                  But the average user and most advanced users dont do any of that. Android always does that you cant do that. Android was build with security in mind. GNU/Linux is just a copy of earlier unix systems that didnt think about security. Android has the superior security architecture. You can of course use QubesOS but from what ive seen its not user friendly and has very bad performance.

                  • Flatpaks and other container solutions are actually fairly popular; my point is that Android potentially being more secure for beginners (which is not the case for most devices by default since they use proprietary versions of Android) doesn’t make it the most secure operating system, not by a long shot