How is your “knowledge” going to help you? Are you capable of vetting every app you install?

You don't vet the app, you vet the distributor. This in no way requires there to be exactly one distributor.

I’m capable of knowing which app I’m going to install. I’m unlikely to fall for Instagram-styled icons that promise me free face filters.

So would you have possibly side loaded an app from a trusted vendor like Epic?

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/aug/10/fortnite-on-an...

Back in the day would you have installed an app from a supposed trustworthy source like SourceForge?

https://www.information-age.com/hotbed-malware-another-blow-...

Or even further back, would you have trusted downloading software from CNet owned Download.com?

https://malware.wikia.org/wiki/Download.com

No, I only use Facebook and WhatsApp at the moment. I used to downloads lots of malware from porn sites back when I was much younger though.

So you realize your anecdotal usage doesn’t scale well to the general population, right?

I'm not sure what we're arguing about. I'm professionally involved in the field, I understand the risks when I press "download" or invoke a third-party script. I run things in temporary VMs. I only have Facebook, WhatsApp and Uber on my personal phone (those may be fraudulent, but on a whole other level).

General population is vulnerable to all sorts of malware and social engineering. I've personally witnessed people dear to me fall for the Clean you Mac javascript scams. That's why I'm pro-walled-garden, as I've expressed in the original response.

How does this:

That's why I'm pro-walled-garden, as I've expressed in the original response.

Jibe with this?

"I would strongly prefer having a free-for-all platform"

The original post was against the review process imposed by the platform owners. I wrote that while not perfect, it helps with security. Then there was one subjective statement on what I'd like for myself. I have limited knowledge of the language; I could have expressed that a little more clearly.

So instead of lots of malware you just stick to one.