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The only way to play Fortnite on Android is by installing the Epic Games app directly from their website. That’s many millions of users who’ve already had to install a third party store to play a popular game.

And yet enough people do it to the point that Android makes up more than 50% of all infected devices by virtue of Trojanized banking apps and the like being distributed via third party stores.

Android has 72% marketshare so even your made up stat would suggest it is safer than iOS

Android users from sanctioned countries are very much bullied into installing third-party appstores to install bank apps and the like.

fwiw Amazon tried doing that (and maybe they're still trying?)