Education is great. In sufficient volume and with a low enough ranking on the "do I have time/inclination for this?" scale, people decide they've had enough and opt to put up with the consequences of not having it.
Indeed curation works for Apple insofar as it's in their interest. It's in their interest because people, overwhelmed with other things to deal with in a mere 16 hours a day, choose (among other reasons) to function in the "walled garden" where such crap behavior is screened out and they don't have to worry about it. The Android ecosystem isn't, for most people, appreciably different from the iOS ecosystem; a major differentiator is curation, which while having some downsides, on the whole leads to a better experience of getting to useful apps rather than having to wade well-educated thru a swamp of gratuitous permissions abuse.
Sure, one could learn the risks of pre-loaded crapware so prevalent on new Windows computers and learn (it's easy!) how to wipe everything & do a clean OS install to get rid of it ... or get a Mac, which doesn't include any crapware. It's a persuasive option for many people. Likewise Android vs iOS app stores: learn the details of dealing with problems, or just go where you don't have to deal with those problems.
Indeed curation works for Apple insofar as it's in their interest. It's in their interest because people, overwhelmed with other things to deal with in a mere 16 hours a day, choose (among other reasons) to function in the "walled garden" where such crap behavior is screened out and they don't have to worry about it. The Android ecosystem isn't, for most people, appreciably different from the iOS ecosystem; a major differentiator is curation, which while having some downsides, on the whole leads to a better experience of getting to useful apps rather than having to wade well-educated thru a swamp of gratuitous permissions abuse.
Sure, one could learn the risks of pre-loaded crapware so prevalent on new Windows computers and learn (it's easy!) how to wipe everything & do a clean OS install to get rid of it ... or get a Mac, which doesn't include any crapware. It's a persuasive option for many people. Likewise Android vs iOS app stores: learn the details of dealing with problems, or just go where you don't have to deal with those problems.