Not sure if they still do, but a couple years ago prices in the app were lower than on the website. And they promoted installing it to save money.

Absolutely crazy the amount of dodgy apps people install and giving permissions to read the system when asked...

A lot of people install TikTok. Or Instagram.

It's great for shopping. But in the US you have amazon prime. We don't.

But isn’t the promise of the app store that the apps are checked for malicious code and more control of the permissions compared to a browser website?

You probably buy things off amazon that are dropshipped from AliExpress all the time. Stop with the elitism