It is also common for people to install things on Windows without thinking critically. It is perhaps less common on Mac OS, but I've seen someone get malware that way.

My position is that this is not the OS vendor's responsibility to prevent. A warning is fine. A scan for known malware by default is fine. Beyond that, it's my device and it's my choice to get software from wherever I damn well please even if it might be a bad idea.

Because only 5% of American adults are highly literate with technology, 30% of working adults self-identify as "never (ever!)" using folders and files for organization, and most people have better things to do with their time to be taught to perfectly analyze the safety of an App Store. Don't hope in the next generation either - only 38% of Gen Z could successfully complete tasks more difficult than moving an email between folders, while an IEA study found that only 2% of Gen Z had reached the anticipated "digital native" stereotype level of fluency.

I have little to no evidence that there is sensible behavior and knowledge around software on personal computers.

The biggest difference these days is most folks don't even use a personal computer.

What makes you think that people are sensible about installing shit on their personal computers?

It’s an excuse they use. The don’t care if your average grandmother gets infected by a virus.

This trust me bro, our App Store is safer is just getting on my nerves. Every day we get malware popping on both app stores.

Time to switch