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.