Well, Google happens to have teams that work to help shine a light on what the NSO is doing.

It's good to shine the light, and the Android platform still remains wide open.

Citation needed. Android exploits are more expensive than iOS on Zerodium which hints otherwise.

I didn't know that, I've perhaps wrongly been under the assumption that Android is inherently less secure than iOS.

It certainly feels "cheap" by comparison, but admittedly this is a horrible and stupid way to assess anything.

Play store doesn't seem to give much care about privacy compared to iOS.