This is a straw man argument. Apple's rarely been criticized for a restriction that safeguarded the user. In fact, most of the criticism of the review process

This is a straw man argument. Apple's rarely been criticized for a restriction that safeguarded the user. In fact, most of the criticism of the review process isn't criticism of an individual restriction at all but criticism of the fact that Apple doesn't publish its policies. So you don't know what you are and are not allowed to do. As for Google being open doesn't mean you have to be reckless. Nothing about doing a basic security check contradicts a policy of letting every legitimate app into the store.