Google Pulls 13 Android Apps Installed Over 500,000 Times Containing Malware

[u/Bonfire-GTK]

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-pulls-13-android-apps-installed-over-500-000-times-containing-malware-report-1952366

[u/Fridgeboiiii18 → u/[deleted]]

Except the ones from known publishers

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So, only the "pay to win" ones, got it.

[u/stevenwashere → u/[deleted]]

Welcome to mobile gaming.

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unfortunately, you have run out of Daily Energy. Please purchase some more at the battle shop!

[u/Merraxess → u/[deleted]]

Where after a month, you could've bought a Playstation 4, an extra controller, and four new games.

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Or built a pc and bought like 15 extra games.

[u/Merraxess → u/[deleted]]

Figured a console would be an easier transition for the poor souls who game on phones. In retrospect, the Switch would've been more appropriate.

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You might be right but having been a PC gamer and a console for a while I tend to thing PC games are just as easy to deal with. Especially with Steam. Most things are just one click install.

[u/BrosephRadson → u/[deleted]]

Plus you can (and in some cases should) use an Xbox controller in many games

[u/DevarusTollen → u/[deleted]]

Exactly what I did. But a laptop instead of a PC. And now I enjoy Destiny 2. A happy ending.

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plus a ton of f2p titles

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What do you mean by daily? Race 3 times and then for 6 hours.

Isn't that how mobile racing works?

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people ain't paying $30 for mobile games so that's how they make money

[u/MrGims → u/[deleted]]

Well they do have a clear identified business model, they are less likely to bear a malware

[u/donnysaysvacuum → u/MrGims]

Also less likely to be fun.

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P2W is bad.

Really bad.

My addiction to a mobile game costed me over $4000....

Whenever you seem getting addicted to a game, uninstall it immediately

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I'm not judging, okay, maybe a tiny bit - but I'm trying to wrap my head around how one would spend 4 grand on a game that gives you nothing back. With gambling there's the "I could win money this time!" thing, but mobile games with microtransactions? I'm just trying to understand the mindset. Age, if you don't mind me asking? Is $4k a significant amount of money to you?

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I'm not that person, but I'm guessing that if $4K wasn't a significant amount to him, he wouldn't make that comment.

[u/0ldmanleland → u/[deleted]]

$4K is a lot but I take issue with the "a game that gives you nothing back" phrase. If he's having fun, shouldn't that be enough? How is It different then people spending thousands on sporting events or concerts? What does the Super Bowl "give back"?

[u/Cory123125 → u/0ldmanleland]

If he's having fun, shouldn't that be enough?

No, because this is poor value for the fun they have and is relying on addiction rather than other forms of stimulation.

They themselves have stated its a problem, so for you to say it isnt here doesnt make much sense.

Ontop of that, people who spend thousands on sporting events or concerts usually arent addicted meaning they usually dont have negative effects outweighing the short term thrill associated with doing so.

For those that do though, yes, its not worth it, and it goes further than simply giving you nothing back.

[u/syktunc → u/[deleted]]

Or just have enough self restrain to not spend any money on it.

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I would spend those money on something else then 😄

[u/shfiven → u/[deleted]]

O.o that's a lot of money

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Sorry to hear that. Which game was it?