I got my hands on an android device after a few years on iOS and kind of want to try out different launchers and features, but I don’t want to spend money to test stuff out.
Still, with launchers specifically I feel like they have a lot of permissions, so I feel unsure about downloading paid versions outside the Play Store or F-Droid.
I have looked a bit at the stores in the megathread and while I do trust the megathread software is always extra risky when you don’t know that particular scene.
Do you have any rule of thumb when it vomes to permissions and pirated apps?
Edit: I installed Malwarebytes already as they have been good go me on desktop, as well as set up a VPN (but I won’t be torrenting on my phone, it’s just for privacy) but idk how effective malwarebytes is on mobile.