Because Google didn’t encrypt mobile phones until Android 6, and updates are up to the manufacturer, so Android’s security culture is globally appalling? in addition to permissions being intentionally mingled, for the benefit of advertisers. At least Apple pretends that the consumer is the client.
I’m an iOS user aside from a few attempts to switch. But I’ve never heard this accusation before that permissions are grouped in a way that benefit advertisers. Could you elaborate?
They might be talking about Bluetooth requiring location permissions, which seems reasonable to me. Their reasoning is that if you can scan for Bluetooth devices you can fingerprint and potentially get a location anyway.
