Here’s what consumers have asked with answers from Google Play staff and previous consumers.
It's a legit company just not as secure as we are lead to blelive they should be checking apps before adding them to the playstore and if they are checking them upon entry their should also be random checks to see what the apps do on our phone and to ensure the developer hasn't made changes to the app that affect their consumers.
It is the only source of secure app downloads for any android phone. All android user are forced to use it and we assumed it was secure enough to download apps that have been checked for security issues to our phones.