> So the App Store is okay, but Google Play and Steam aren't? Apps downloaded via the App Store (and I assume Google Play) are sandboxed. Chrome on the deskto

> So the App Store is okay, but Google Play and Steam aren't? Apps downloaded via the App Store (and I assume Google Play) are sandboxed. Chrome on the desktop, Steam, etc. are not sandboxed. Most malicious activity is not possible from within a sandbox. For example Steam wouldn't have been able to delete the user's entire disk if it only had access to its own folder. > Why do we put our faith in corporations to do right by us? Why should we put our faith in random individual developers to do right by us? I'd rather have to trust just one corporation instead of thousands of developers who may pack up and disappear overnight. > These companies have too much power and they're abusing it. See comments above. Much of the recent malware is in apps that are not distributed via the App Store. Developers have always abused their power, and still do. "Walled gardens" check that abuse.