This is the reason Apple CEO Tim Cook says iPhones are better than Android

I'm sure, if you pressed Apple CEO Tim Cook about what he thinks makes his company's mobile operating software better than its major competitor's, he could offer a whole host of answers to the age-old question of iOS vs Android, of which OS is superior.

During a half-hour "fireside chat" portion of this week's VivaTech conference, the chief executive of the iPhone maker brought up one oft-heard piece of supporting evidence that comes up regularly in this discussion: The quality of apps and content inside Apple's walled garden, which are a product of Apple's tight control of its ecosystem, compared to Google's comparatively more permissive stance toward the Android app market. Cook's answer also served as a bit of pushback against the proposed Digital Markets Act in Europe, which would, among other things, allow iPhone users to side-load apps and could force Apple to change the way it pre-installs certain of its own apps on iPhones and iPads. Side-loading, Cook warned, "would damage both privacy and security. I mean, you look at malware as an example, and Android has 47x more malware than iOS. Why is that?

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