That doesn't feel like the same thing at all. A shady developer tricking people into a subscription because they don't know any better is way different from malware that reinstalls itself even after a factory reset. People have to agree to pay for the subscription from an OS-level prompt in the first instance. They don't have a choice in the 2nd.
> A shady developer tricking people into a subscription because they don't know any better is way different from malware that reinstalls itself even after a factory reset.
A shady developer tricking people and a shady website tricking people result in bad things.
To get this trojan I'd need to go into settings and tick this box:
Then go to the dodgy website, then download the apk, then install it then pikachu face when I get a trojan.
And you can talk about how great Apple's security is but to fix this issue all Google has to do is remove that tick box in settings so no more sideloading apps.
But that also comes back with drawbacks that I assume an Apple user like yourself wouldn't know about, because all you know is a walled garden. Sort of like how Chinese people love the fact their internet is censored. So safe, so secure.
> And you can talk about how great Apple's security is but to fix this issue all Google has to do is remove that tick box in settings so no more sideloading apps.
And yet, they don’t.
> But that also comes back with drawbacks that I assume an Apple user like yourself wouldn't know about, because all you know is a walled garden.
Funny how Android users keep saying that. I’m an Android developer by profession, which is why I use an iPhone as my personal phone and would never recommend an Android device even to my worst enemy. I’ve seen how the sausage is made and it isn’t pretty. The best thing you can say about Android is that it’s free, which correctly reflects what it’s worth.
>I assume an Apple user like yourself wouldn't know about
Yes, truly... because there's no way that someone who uses an iPhone might know about the existence of Android/Windows/Linux/macOS or any other system that allows for sideloading and/or installing un-certed apps.
The point is, even if Apple allowed sideloading, there's no way that the iOS sandbox model would allow for what's being described here. The comparison wasn't accurate.
Your condescension and ignorance doesn't help that argument at all.
