Comment by pwg

> Not even a small fraction of a percentage of scams come from installing software normally, but only from Google Play store.

This change is not about stopping malware/scams. Malware/scams is just the gaslighting excuse for the change.

The actual reason for the change is to try to protect playstore profits. With the lawsuit that forced them to allow alternate "stores" they saw the money stream shrinking, and this is their attempt at propping up the money flow for as long as possible.