I don't see why that would be any different. If it was, then companies who find enough value in not providing a deletion option could pay someone to submit an a

I don't see why that would be any different. If it was, then companies who find enough value in not providing a deletion option could pay someone to submit an app on their behalf. There's no way for Apple to know whether or not an app submitted by a third party is actually full independent of the service.