ELI5. Why can’t phones get viruses from websites that normal computers do? And why don’t computers use whatever technology the phones operating systems use?

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ELI5. Why can’t phones get viruses from websites that normal computers do? And why don’t computers use whatever technology the phones operating systems use?

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Answer 1

Also at least for iOS/iPhones the apps are sandboxed starting off with no 3rd party or config needed. Apps in iOS only have access to data/files in their folders and compartimentalized