Apple isn't keeping anyone safe from malware. They have a contractor look (visually) at the phone screen and see if the app is breaking any rules, and watch for

Apple isn't keeping anyone safe from malware. They have a contractor look (visually) at the phone screen and see if the app is breaking any rules, and watch for weird stuff via an http proxy. This takes something like 15-30 minutes from what I hear. There's no instrumentation, there's no depth to it. It's trivially easy to ship malware and other things that violate the rules. People do it all the time, sometimes they go long long periods without getting caught because they don't draw attention, sometimes they're so big they can just get away with it. The App Store is entirely a fraud as far as safety from malware goes. It just makes sure things look nice which makes you feel safe when you really aren't.