If you bought a product from Walmart that was not only unsafe, but actively trying to scam you - people would sue Walmart. The claim that 'every app is reviewe

If you bought a product from Walmart that was not only unsafe, but actively trying to scam you - people would sue Walmart. The claim that 'every app is reviewed for security' should be a giant liability problem. The store model is a huge winfall of profits precisely because they don't have to do any of this. Realistically, if we use brick-and-mortar as a reference ... it might very well be that if you want to do something 'commercial' on a platform, literally using Apple's payment infrastructure, there's probably going to actually have to be more rigorous insight. This will cost Apple a lot, and probably cost sellers a lot as well, I can see it costing $X dollars for the review process then $Y for every upgrade, possibly Z days delay in payments and possibly esceleating % whitheld given market size, until AAA+ confidence rating. All of the ugly things we see in regular finance exist basically for this reason (i.e. VISA chargebacks, bank freezes, paypal holds) etc. etc.. A lot of profits are raised by ignoring these realities. Same goes for Amazon.