Popular Google Play store apps are abusing permissions and committing ad fraud
the locked in store model has completely failed. both for ios and android it is a terrible experience compared to PC. you are stuck with only the search tools the hardware maker gives you, often designed in a user hostile way (ios brings up ads) and no way to bail out to a different store.  as well the monoculture leads to a race to the bottom with garbage programs shoving their way to the top via misleading a dishonest means, and by sheer numbers.<p>i want no part of it.  when a phone maker comes to the market without this locked down model i will buy it, and if windows goes this route i will drop it for linux.<p>and yea i know you can sideload on android, but the unwashed masses don’t know that so it doesn’t matter.