[aja12]

> A big part of the reason I use Apple products is that they protect not only me, but my family who don't know what the implications of sideloading are. I know that the apps my phone runs have been given the green light by Apple.

The malware my family is most exposed to nowadays have names: Onedrive, iCloud, Google Drive. They are all designed to collect all the user's data, are all opt-out, opting out is filled with dark patterns. And regarding dark patterns, having recently gone through the motions of downloading all my data and then deleting my X, Facebook, Instagram, Microsoft, Google and Apple accounts, I can confidently say that Apple is by far the _worst_. Yes, when it comes to exercising one's rights, Apple is worst than even _Facebook_.

Users are much less exposed to non-branded malware nowadays, as the incentives to torrent random crap have mostly disappeared, and protection against spam/fishing has improved.