> Which is ironic, considering that the App Store is likely one of the largest malware distribution vectors on the planet.

Sorry but the actual statistics from mobile security companies that track this stuff show otherwise. From Nokia's Threat Intelligence Report 2020 (https://pages.nokia.com/T005JU-Threat-Intelligence-Report-20...):

Among smartphones, Android devices are the most commonly targeted by malware. Android devices were responsible for 26.64% of all infections, Windows/PCs for 38.92%, IoT devices for 32.72% and only 1.72% for iPhones.

Android malware infections are an order of magnitude higher compared to iPhones.

(I tried to look for data from more recent years but iPhones don't show up in the reports after 2020.)