Yep. It's closed but it is more secure. Apps cannot fuck around. Lots of devs tried :)

What's interesting about totalitarian surviellance states is that the streets are extremely safe and secure.

Safe for whom, and to each their own. I guess they like you. How fortunate

I've worked on macos and iOS. It is a tyrannical system full of compliance obligations. Can't sideload apps. You call that safe? I had to build monero from source to get it to run. I hope you aren't serious.

That is secure for the developer but not safe for the user. What you are really saying is the only data that can be harvested is by Apple or approved vendors. They issue is we trust them less than scammers and hackers