I'm now waiting ..
.. for someone attempting to state with some convoluted logic (or simply made up "facts") that the Apple app store is just as bad. The Apple app store that, if you recall, started with all this fun privacy labelling, to the immediate and immense dislike of a certain Mr Zuckerberg.
The problem with Google is a massive conflict of interest that you simply cannot explain away (although they certainly try). There is simply no valid argument to trust them. That said, maybe someone could use Android's ability to side load for good by starting an app store which checks apps properly, with some evidence so you could judge if they were worthy of your trust. Could actually be a nice business in itself, but it is , of course, based on an assumption that the OS itself doesn't leak - probably not impossible to achieve but most likely not for free..
Biting the hand that feeds IT
