Nah, I don’t expect people to research. I just find it weird that they don’t. Both the first link in Googles search and the AI overview of Google explains that question as long as you add anticheat into the sentence.

Last time me and my friends played Call of Duty it was LAN hosted with punkbuster inactive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_2)

That’s what I find weird, no matter if it’s a vacuum cleaner, a game or a pair of jeans of course I’m gonna research the product (and the company producing it) before I buy.

The weird thing is that people actually buy and play the games that requires them.

Yes and no, your average end user trust the Play Store and the promised security which is why an app once it’s inside can get millions of downloads.

Compare this to trying to get your average user to
a) trust your selfhosted app and
b) succeed in installing it.

Also, I can’t find a single malware that has used f-droid as it’s primary vector.

and like the idea that this system is more secure.

*The false claim
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/labs/malicious-google-play-apps-bypassed-android-security