Apple advocates the absence of alternative stores for iOS Android malware

Company Apple has been criticized for years for having its operating system iOS does not allow installation of applications from alternative stores. The American giant is now according to the portal CPMagazine he also defends himself by pointing to the Android system and the amount of malware he struggles with.

Apple’s policy is also beginning to hamper governments

Android is an open source system, so it allows you to install applications from unknown sources in the form of an apk file. As a result, in addition to the official Google Play store, there are alternative stores that offer these installation files. IOS is a closed system with the only official App Store.

Manual installation of applications on this platform is only possible with jailbreak iOS devices, which is similar to root fixes on Android devices. Apple is often criticized for this, and governments have recently begun to press it on it. The reason is also the dispute that he is currently leading with the game studio Epic Games.

Apple fights a lot of malware on rival Android and piracy

Apple has responded to criticism with a 28-page document claiming that installing from unknown sources and alternative stores would compromise the security of iOS device users. According to Apple’s analysis, this would multiply the risk of malware and other malicious software.

The document even contains statistics based on data from the US Department of Homeland Security, the European Cyber ​​Security Agency, NIST, Norton and other companies. According to the numbers in the document, there is 15 to 47 times more malware on Android than on the iOS platform.

Apple also argues that there is a higher risk of piracy of paid software. The ability to install from unknown sources makes it much more common for Android to steal paid apps and games. This is also one of the reasons for the lower revenue of the Google Play store compared to the App Store in relation to the number of devices with these operating systems on the market.