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> Play store apps, unless proven otherwise, are generally malware you carry with yourself every day, with potential access to everything in your device because
by Griffinsauce 5y ago
> Play store apps, unless proven otherwise, are generally malware you carry with yourself every day, with potential access to everything in your device because the OS is nowhere near locked down compared to Apple counterpart.
I'm sorry but this is complete bullshit. Your data on Android appears to be about a decade old.
- echelon 5y agoMust. Defend. Apple. But seriously, Apple postures for control. They have a death grip on our industry, and it's up to the DOJ and legal system to rend it asunder. Apple does not deserve to have a singular App store with tight controls. It's not their right. And they've proven the sort of anticompetitive antics they choose to take when they have such power. Break them open.
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- smoldesu 5y agoExactly. By their same logic, Apple also ships all of their phones with malware since they are a third party who refuses security audits.
- TwoBit 5y ago> most Android devices ship with undeletable malware from vendors And how are those vendor app actually malware? Their presence can be annoying but they aren't malware.
- MikeDelta 5y agoAlso known as bloatware. Not malicious, just annoying.
- swiley 5y agoBoth link to user hostile libraries like Facebook sdk. Both platforms push users toward app vendors that really don't care about their privacy.