It has been like this on the desktop since forever and some apps are still not available from app stores like Adobe creative suite and it has worked fine. It h

It has been like this on the desktop since forever and some apps are still not available from app stores like Adobe creative suite and it has worked fine. It has created new business opportunities for anti-virus companies initially but the need for those diminished over time as OS-level "defender apps" and overall 3rd-party app handling got better. I don't see any problem here. If Facebook forced users to install spyware and spy on users without their consent FB itself would be fined by regulators. And you can always use the web FB version if you are afraid of using their app or stop using FB completely.