Why does Google Play Protect stop me from sideloading apks (from, say, Obtainium) while almost regularly I read reports about malicious apps being available in Google Playstore itself ? Why do they allow those ?
Probably just a rant out of frustration. I ignore those alerts if I am confident about the apk I’m sideloading, lol.
Is it better to try and fail 10% of the time, or to not try at all and fail 100% of the time?
Play protect is an extremely useful feature that deters uneducated people from installing APKs because yes, the vast majority of times for normal folk, they are malware ridden. Google does try to prevent malware from getting on the play store, and they actually do a phenomenal job, but in the end, it’s always going to be a cat and mouse game, and shits gonna slip through. It’s still better then not trying at all.