Yes, they do do better. There is no need for conjecture; there is a wildly popular OS that runs apps exclusively from an App Store, and there is virtually no ma

Yes, they do do better. There is no need for conjecture; there is a wildly popular OS that runs apps exclusively from an App Store, and there is virtually no malware for that platform. There are also OSs where you can run random .exes from the web, and those OSs are indeed more susceptible to malware. You do still need to trust someone, but the parent never said you didn't. They said that store apps do better than trusting random .exe's from the web, which is true.