That... is not what's happening here. That narrative is bordering on delusional. App distributiors are distributing malware. The vendors and the app developers

That... is not what's happening here. That narrative is bordering on delusional. App distributiors are distributing malware. The vendors and the app developers are spying on you because it's profitable to sell your data. They keep walled gardens so that they get their 30% cut of every transaction. They are doing it in the service of their financial interests, which also motivates everything else they do. The idea that they're doing it out of some kind of charitable desire to keep the user's phone working is ridiculous.