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I think of it more of an app store. It is provided the same as Apple's app store by the vendor of the OS, but is actually packages of other "vendors".
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Not sure how that's different, since the above distribution systems do the exact same thing, they just don't charge for it.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Yeah, it's not really any different. Ubuntu even has a "app store" looking graphical interface for apt-get.
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I download video files from bit torrent, does that count as an app. I once downloaded a game but that was 3 machines ago.
You mean there are trusted friends wow what a life you have!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: but that was 3 machines ago.
Please use an unit of time that we are all familiar with, such as months or years. "Machines" as a unit of time to some people means days and to others decades.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Personally, I've had my toaster for almost a decade! Does that help in any way? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Well I have had a refrigerator, oven, and cooktop for 25 years.
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Finally had to replace my laptop last year. Have been building my desktop machine using ITX cards. Have only gone through 2 cards in the last 5 years or so, but quite a few cases, and still have a newer case with the older card as a backup. Of course did have a card get fried and was able to get that repaired on warranty (of course had to pay for shipping). In one fell swoop managed to lose a TV, 2 monitors, a mouse, a Kinesis Advantage keyboard and an HDMI switcher. The TV and a monitor were connected to the switcher. Fortunately no SCSI drives (had several in the computer). Was able to get most fixed, and basically threw away the 1080p monitor (the other monitor was a 2k).
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Yeah! For me 3 machines away is 2009
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The platform is important here. For mobile apps, I don't install anything that isn't from the official AppStore/Play Store. For desktop, I never download anything from the store and usually get software from the developer's website.
modified 13-Sep-18 21:01pm.
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I'd agree. I'll download from Play only my android tablet, but for my desktop it's the original website or CP - but even then I'll download source, examine and compile it myself rather than trust an unknown EXE / DLL file.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thaddeus Jones wrote: For mobile apps, I don't install anything that isn't from the official AppStore/Play Store.
I see where you're coming from, but if you're downloading an APK, Android at least tells you the permissions upfront up to Lollipop and it's better with Marshmallow. So you can, in fact, download from an untrusted site, try to install, see what permissions the app wants, and cancel if you are suspicious.
With Windows, an app can do almost anything and generally you have no way of knowing.
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread 
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I find the permissions system in Android rather unspecific. For example the permissions to read the SD card and to access the internet allows an app to upload the photo's of all my Whatsapp contacts to their own server. So even with the permissions system, you still need to trust the developer.
If a developer chooses to publish their app via an alternative source than the official store, I find that suspicious in and of itself (in general, I don't mean this as an absolute statement).
modified 13-Sep-18 21:01pm.
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Trick is to be logged in as a non-admin user. Very few people do this - including myself.
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I always scan, read comments, votes, etc. before opening.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
<< please vote!! >></div>
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Yes, I agreed! Downloading and opening two are different things. If you download it doesn't mean that you're ready to use it or open it. You can download for self or for others
Gaurav Arora
http://gaurav-arora.com
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I always read the comments, surveys, recommendation, etc. before downloading. Then scan the file after downloading.
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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No more explanation needed. 
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The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
modified 9-May-16 3:07am.
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