[aerique]

I would even go so far (as I recently said on Mastodon) that nowadays using Aurora over the Google Play Store is safer since it doesn't display ads for other apps just above the search results for the app one is looking for. If one isn't paying attention or running on autopilot (it happens) one might click on the ad and install some malware.

[malfist]

I completely agree. There are some serious dark patterns in the play store where scammers can buy top billing over the item you searched for, pushing the real app below the fold.

Google even allows this for banking apps.