This is part of what's driving the rise of feudal app store models. Users like them too-- at least most users who aren't concerned with (or don't understand) things like openness and freedom. They prune the ecosystem of shitware to at least some extent.

Personally I think OSes need to evolve toward a model where apps are more strictly containerized, something like Docker (Linux) but for everything. The user should still be able to admin their own machine, but this permission should be forbidden to apps without explicit user approval (and a big red warning).