It is not "a bit more open" than iOS, it is a completely different approach to OS development that enables wildly different results.
> While theoretically open, the real useful stuff on top of Android
That stuff is by no means necessary; I've run Android without Google services for years and it just feels like a normal tablet OS. Again, it is not "theoretically open" but in fact practically usable without any first-party services, unlike iOS.
It is not "a bit more open" than iOS, it is a completely different approach to OS development that enables wildly different results.
> While theoretically open, the real useful stuff on top of Android
That stuff is by no means necessary; I've run Android without Google services for years and it just feels like a normal tablet OS. Again, it is not "theoretically open" but in fact practically usable without any first-party services, unlike iOS.