Sure.
But, let's also stop feeding the Apple App Store beast.
15-30% cut for little-to-no value added.
Complete monopolization.
Can't side-load apps without paying an yearly-fee.
There is a major difference between someone actively choosing to use an iPhone vs a web developer choosing for you to send your data too Google because they included some script.
(Also I would argue the number of security issues that there have been in apps on Android sure helps warrant that cut)
Let's just swap entities in your sentence, shall we:
"There's a major difference between someone actively choosing to go to a website vs a phone manufacturer choosing for you what you can and cannot run on your device."
QED.
Also exploits for latest Android versions are more expensive than latest iOS versions. Let's not conflate topics however