>This is challenging because you have to track the reputation of each individual vendor and users have proven unable to even consistently download the software from the right page let alone judge individuals vendors track record.

There was a pattern where articles about nasty android apps would always include some idiotic line about "Security experts say do not install apps you don't trust."

Who the hell knows anything about the apps they even trust, for all you know they sold out to malware companies yesterday.... there's no way to know.

Let alone that would also mean you never try any new software...

I HATE that line.