In addition, exploitation might be transparent to the user, i.e. a botnet that runs in the background[0] or replacing ads in other apps to steal their revenue[1]. People use iOS and recommend it to their friends/family because of its simplicity and the built-in safeguards the App Store provides, since installing a sideloaded app is a much more involved process.
0: https://cyble.com/blog/daam-android-botnet-being-distributed...
1: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/10/20688885/agent-smith-andr...