How many app you installed which are out side
android market? I hardly feel any of them.. so to be practical no one prefer outside official app so why to blame them .. They may have less app but all of them will be safe . N not all user can predict how some app behave in background
i install apps from outside the app store all the time. i get access to private betas. i get access to apps directly through developers that are not officially available in india through the
google app store. the process is simple and it works. and since i know what i am doing, i really do not get affected by the malware.
this is the same policy i apply on my
windows machine. i do run an antivirus all the time but i rarely see it go nuts over some virus laden file that it finds on my machine. in fact,
mac users currently are suffering from the
fake antivirus malware problem. most of the affected folks thought that the fake antivirus was a real app that was being offered to them by
Apple. and they end up with malware on their machine. so much for mac being a safe and secure platform. the problem is common everywhere. if you know what you are doing, you are going to be safe enough.
if i start believing in what you are saying... windows os and mac os x should switch to the same philosophy. lock the machines so that the only way to install apps is through an authorized app store.