>>I'm actually pro-app store as long as it's helping apps to be malware-free

Except that it isn't. Epic v Apple proved this on the Apple side.

The fact that (according to Google) only 50% of Android malware comes from sideloading should also make you question where the other 50% is coming from. (Hint: a lot of it is from the Play Store)

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Aloisius a day ago | parent [-]

50%? Source?

The only similar claim I can find is they said is you're 50x more likely to encounter malware from internet-sideloaded sources than from the Play Store, but that's rather different.

	▲	rstat1 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ok I absolutely misread that as 50%...either way, a not-insignificant portion of Android malware still comes from the Play Store, which was the point I was trying to make.