[bamboozled]

I had enough issues with Androids over the years and switch to iPhone, I consider the slightly more "closed" ecosystem a feature, not a bug.

I work with free software too so this was a very conscious decision for me.

Run open-source software everywhere else though.

[ifmpx]

What do you think makes open platforms an issue for mobile phones and not an issue for other devices?

I don't believe this issues you're facing come from android being open, but from google's poor design decisions like granting network access to apps by default.

Apple can do open platforms right if it wanted. It doesn't have to do them poorly like google.