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Originally Posted by Sgt.Stubby
A closed ecosystem impacts the quality of available apps. A lot of android apps are junk.. lots of spyware and adware, quickly evident when you look at the list of permissions required by a random sampling of arbitrary apps.
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"Walled gardens" can also POSITIVELY impact the quality of apps. The reason many people prefer iPads to Android tablets is that iOS apps are often of much higher quality than Android, precisely BECAUSE it's a walled garden, and apps are vetted by Apple before being allowed to be sold. It's not a process that's 100% effective, of course, but it works pretty well.