I never claimed Android malware only propagates via 3rd party app stores. Nor did I claim that iOS malware only propogates via 3rd party app stores. I'm unsure why you continue to make up things I have said to use as strawmen to knock down.
Both Android and iOS have had issues with badware getting into their app stores and with drive by downloads due to insecurities... the same insecurities used to jailbreak/root the devices in many instances. These issues are publicly documented.
As no one here in the US or in Europe or anywhere else (except China) is buying an Android phone with one of the malware-ridden app stores shipped in China on it, there are simply zero concerns about it when you walk into AT&T or T-Mobile and buy an Android phone. Why on earth would someone here care that some non-Google Android phones shipped with a pirated software app store get malware? By that logic, used iOS devices that contain malware in the US would make you leery of buying a new iOS device in a legitimate store. Except that that isn't the case, nor should it be.
Based on the way you continue to argue against points I never made and seeing similar things in your HN comment history, I'm going to bow out of this conversation at this point.
So because your attempt to dismiss half of android as being irrelevant because it's 'not sanctioned by Google' failed, you now decide that Android devices outside the U.S. don't count? I guess this is the closest you'll come to conceding that you were wrong.
Both Android and iOS have had issues with badware getting into their app stores and with drive by downloads due to insecurities... the same insecurities used to jailbreak/root the devices in many instances. These issues are publicly documented.
As no one here in the US or in Europe or anywhere else (except China) is buying an Android phone with one of the malware-ridden app stores shipped in China on it, there are simply zero concerns about it when you walk into AT&T or T-Mobile and buy an Android phone. Why on earth would someone here care that some non-Google Android phones shipped with a pirated software app store get malware? By that logic, used iOS devices that contain malware in the US would make you leery of buying a new iOS device in a legitimate store. Except that that isn't the case, nor should it be.
Based on the way you continue to argue against points I never made and seeing similar things in your HN comment history, I'm going to bow out of this conversation at this point.