[kaba0]

> The iPhone will let you install an app only if you tell Apple about it

That’s not 100% true, and where it is, there is a good reason, and pretty much every other store does it (being able to revoke malware)

[lern_too_spel]

It's 100% true. On Android, you don't have to use a store, and you don't have to tell anybody anything if you don't use a store.