Casino apps werent pre-installed. Do you really not remember what Windows computers were like, fresh out of the box, back in the day?

Hardware companies pre-installed any and all sorts of software from vendors. Spyware, adware, gambling games, toolbars, "free" trials to internet services. Computers used to be up to their neck in absolute garbage.

I do, people installed those malware by clicking on random ads, about the same way they now install those undesirable apps, funny how history kind of repeats itself.

I guess the biggest difference is that the OS manufacturer now gets a cut on those.

They also came preloaded by manufacturers like Compaq, HP, and Gateway, who got a kickback.

And yet for some reason my dad never has any malware on his iOS and iPadOS devices, whereas he always did on Windows devices.

Since you talk about this subject, I actually had to remove two calendar malware on two different family iPhones (and it was pretty annoying to find where to remove that, even as a dev) so while it's true that there's less malware, it's not non-existent.

And my point still stands anyways, the line between some of those top appstore casino-apps and malware is very blurry.

> remember that the vast majority of money made on the appstore is for casino-like apps which I would not be comfortable giving to my parents or my family.

Talk to your lawmakers to make these sort of apps illegal. Apple is not the government.

I never said that they were, I'm just deconstructing the marketing myth that the appstore is a wonderful safe place of productivity apps.

"Better" != "Good enough"

An app store (any app store, not just Apple's) can be the former without being the latter.