>Why do these companies get to say what you do with your camera, how you order food, or who you date? Their App Store dictatorship lets them control all of this.
Can you share some examples of when this happened to you?
Can you share some examples of when this happened to you?
(personally I'm in the middle on this: some quality control is valuable, and probably essential for anything with access to user data or payment services. But the store is also anti-competitive.)
Why do they have to know or control me or my audience?
I admit that I don't know about Apple's ecosystem, but if you don't want Google to know about your Islamic LGBT app, you don't have to tell them. Android users can download your app off your personally-owned .com and install it to their phone no problem.