Oh iOS is way worse from what I can tell. I don't consider it a viable computing platform so haven't bothered trying to make my software run there.
But Android seems to be working hard to "catch up" to iOS.
I'm mostly comparing to native Linux development. Obviously you may need to make some changes for security, but I feel like they've gone way overboard with things like forcing the storage access framework/media storage APIs, killing even foreground services (doze mode etc), and so on.
At the end of the day, if you're using software to purposefully limit what hardware is capable of, I think that's wrong. Even if you're worried about security, add a simple escape hatch for power users.
