The App Store is our one saving grace from the festering nightmare that is literally every other app store in existence. It's one of the primary reasons I stick with iOS. Their curation process, for better or worse, is one of the last remaining good faith pro-consumer efforts I can even think of from a large corp.
Comedy gold here!
What if they would trust the users to install whatever they wish (from other sources) and THEN provide this marvellous service in addition?
[1]: https://atp.fm/628 & https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/114043540322770608
If the Play store is bad it's because Android is bad, not because the store is bad in and of itself.
I had decent experiences with the app store back in my Salesforce days, as much as that seems a different life.
Their curation is thorough, but somewhat biased. Nobody is perfect.