That seems a false dichotomy, macOS had an app store for many years while still allowing you to install random apps. An average consumer might get most of thei

That seems a false dichotomy, macOS had an app store for many years while still allowing you to install random apps. An average consumer might get most of their apps from the vetted store while still able to install transmission or VLC directly. The problem with windows was that there where no properly implemented permission systems and there were a ton of bugs that malware could exploit, the situation seems to have improved significantly from Windows 98.