Have your cake and eat it too
Have your cake and eat it too
Posted Jul 13, 2026 13:45 UTC (Mon) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)In reply to: Have your cake and eat it too by Zentaya
Parent article: An update on the scraper situation
> Unfortunately android developer verification is not going to help with netnut infested apps.
> Malware infected apps are rampant in the play store even now. ADV will not help with that.
> Malware infected apps are rampant in the play store even now. ADV will not help with that.
Can you predict the stock market too?
> What it will do is prevent apps installed from f-droid and other sources, ...
Yes, blocking bad actors is often used as an excuse for vendor lock-in. It's easier to do both at the same time and just lock everything down. As I just wrote, being selective takes a lot more effort - including carefully crafted user interfaces: one of the most important and most underrated parts of security. So, as long as there is little regulation then why bother? Just lock down everything.
> ... that are much less likely to contain malware anyway.
Right, why would malware authors waste time with third-party stores that 1) are barely used, 2) tend to be used by more technical users.