Both things might be true. Sideloaded apps are probably way more likely to be malicious, but also most installed malware/crapware is quite likely coming from Google Play.

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xigoi 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I’ve never found a malicious app on F-Droid.

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SkiFire13 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

To be honest the limited popularity of F-Droid also helps it be less targetted by bad actors. If it was more popular I would bet the situation would surely be different

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izacus an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you really unable to comprehend just how small of a userbase F-droid represents for Android ecosystem?

	▲	xigoi 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If it’s that small, how does killing it help anything?