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yeah, no. security evaluations cost a ton, and they take time. apple is doing nothing at all, just charging for being in a premium market.

"Premium"

Apps on the app store are hardly much better than anywhere else.

The "premium" presumably is the market apple's commands and nobody else's does

iOS users still spend more dollars per average in apps than android ones even if android has more users i think ?

Also true. But it's just sad to see the average quality of an app has gone way down over the years.

Didn't cost a ton for this article's author.