eli5: Why do computer operating systems have lots of viruses and phone operating systems don’t?
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Phones are mainly based on locked down sandboxed Linux containers. Apps are usually downloaded from official OS specific stores, with little need for anyone to bypass the official stores, to install dirty pirate versions.
Yes there are file systems on phones and viruses do exist and can corrupt local files but most sensitive data is on cloud services accessed through apps. Those apps have their own security suites in them.
Having a smartphone OS is much like having a Chromebook. It is a platform mainly to access cloud services, so a virus would do little damage and be wiped out after a reboot.
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