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It's worth noting that Android already allows such things and there has been no malware apocalypse. In all the years Android existed I've never encountered someone with a malware filled phone. People stick with the default app store and are fine.

Agree about the EU though.

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The entire history of Android is filled with malware stories. Google has gotten better about moderating their PlayStore, but there have been plenty of flashlight apps or similarly dumb apps that are just rootkits, bitcoin miners, or more malicious forms of malware.

AppStore is also filled with malware apps (including explotative flashlight apps and apps that trick you into subscriptions).

Yours is a throughly debunked argument.

Awesome, there will be more of those soon.

You are talking about malware in the official app store, not how installing software via alternative appstores or without an app store is worse.

Malware occurs in both environments and often comes through the default app store.

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