you don't have to invest a day of reading for an iphone to just work.

backwards support is much worse for android. new API versions just aren't supported by older systems causing glitches, crashes, inefficient opperation, etc.

apple completely clamps down on shit like that.

and no, apple is still better privacy wise. android does very little to protect your device. there are custom niche versions out there that do it better but even those are not good.