> Do you wrap yourself with tinfoil at night to prevent your neighbors Android from scanning your thoughts?
Do you think this sort of question is in line with HN guidelines? Nothing I said is driven by paranoia, it's driven by the reality we find ourselves in. As mentioned in my comment I've developed custom Android ROMs, my wife actually is an Android user (yes I'm in a house divided), but myself and my wife are also much more technology savvy than my elderly parents. If you cannot understand how those situations differ in our current reality, there's not much I can do for you.
When it comes to non-technical users that don't have good opsec practices, Android is a ghetto that basically guarantees your mobile devices are running malware, and the Apple ecosystem is nearly the opposite. Arguably the App Store is fraught with danger, but it's many orders of magnitude better about the impact of apps on user security and privacy than the Google Play Store. You may feel strongly in your support of Android and its ecosystem for other reasons, but it's pretty indisputable that it is less secure and less privacy-respecting, especially in relation to third-party applications.
