So you get Apple dictating both the security model and the commercial model, to developer detriment. It's clearly monopolistic - exploitative, monolithic, cont

So you get Apple dictating both the security model and the commercial model, to developer detriment. It's clearly monopolistic - exploitative, monolithic, controlling. The app store is the biggest source of friction standing between app developers and their customers. Now - this wouldn't be a problem if Apple did the job they claim they do, improved search so it worked well, provided easy visibility for relevant apps, and threw out the scams and the trash. That isn't what's happening. And that is a problem. The security angle is a non-issue. Returning the app ecosystem to some semblance of functionality and fairness would is an orthogonal issue. Apple can keep its walled garden. But it needs to start treating it like a valuable garden, not like a pile of burning trash that happens to generate huge amounts of free money.