One of App Store review's uses is to block misuses of valid API Some good examples are: * Exorbitant subscription pricing (3-day free trial, then $20 per week

One of App Store review's uses is to block misuses of valid API Some good examples are: * Exorbitant subscription pricing (3-day free trial, then $20 per week) * Misusing in-app purchase dialogues. There are some apps that dim the screen down to zero brightness when the in-app payment prompt pops up, and tells the user to rest their finger on the home button * Ensuring data collection practices match the claimed data collection practices in the privacy policy / "nutrition label" I don't know whether Apple is any good at enforcing those. We can only see the ones that slip through the cracks, and there are many. But not enforcing them hurts trust in the App Store and decreases revenue for all legitimate developers. I know two people who refuse to accept any free trials due to being burnt by subscription scams on iOS. And I personally have an app in the App Store with a free trial (no subscription, just a once-off lifetime purchase!) and constantly get one-star reviews claiming I run a subscription scam Lack of enforcement of the above is directly hurting my revenue. So I worry that allowing side-loading opens up the above channels to all sorts of scammy behaviour, and that then reflects poorly on the official App Store (many users won't know the difference, doesn't matter how many dire warnings / official dialogs you pop up)