Android malware, Android malware and more Android malware

Two of the three rely on the user installing an app that they don’t intend to install. This seems to be more a “app search” problem than a security problem (I mean yes it’s both). And search is truly awful on both major platforms.

If I do a search for a particular app where I know the exact name of the app and type it in, I WANT ONE RESULT. Thankfully for most apps, the top search result is often (but not always) the app I specifically asked for. But both stores then add a long tail of competing apps and scam apps that I obviously don’t want. Why??? I searched for AirBnB. I only want AirBnB. If I wanted VRBO app I would have typed that in! If I wanted fucking Expedia to find airline flights I would have typed that in!! Just leave them out.

I don’t know the solution for when a user wants “an iptv app” and doesn’t know the name or developer, and the scam app SEO’d its way into the top organic result. Harder problems. But can Apple/Google please fix the dead simple case first?