eli5: Why do computer operating systems have lots of viruses and phone operating systems don’t?
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Aside from what others said, the internet was a wild west in the past with shady links and sources everywhere.
Nowadays, there’s a lot more trustworthy channels to get about everything, whether software, music, movies or videos, and these sources are constantly checked by other software and other people for security issues and viruses.
It for sure does not eliminate the chance of a virus being spread through these channels, but the chances are a lot lower than if you were to use torrent links or random downloads from any page that pops up.
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