Can you clarify with examples/technical description how an open platform will be able to review & fix privacy/security issues like this more easily/faster? As far as I know this wouldn't be news on Android because such permissions are granted as a matter of course without review. Keep in mind that most people use the Google or Samsung stores which aren't open platforms for verifying permissions aren't misused.

For what it's worth spyware/malware consistently seems to target Android more than iOS [1]. To be fair Android has more units, but that's just one axis - iOS users should be more valuable to exploit because they're usually in a different socioeconomic bracket. Another data point is that Android developers get paid anywhere from $2k to $20k to add malware to their Google Play store app [2] - I can't find any articles similar for iOS so would be interesting to compare the marketplaces if anyone knows it for iOS.

[1] https://nordvpn.com/blog/ios-vs-android-security/

[2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercriminal...