I don't think many businesses think of their dark patterns/retention schemes as predatory is part of the problem. Outside of the app stores, my experience with

I don't think many businesses think of their dark patterns/retention schemes as predatory is part of the problem. Outside of the app stores, my experience with subscription services is that a significant number of them engage in what I would consider poor behaviour (making it difficult to cancel/change the level you are subscribed at/trying to get your CC details for trials, etc.). Which resulted in me mostly avoiding subscription services, with the app store and having the ability to control subscriptions from a central location I'm much more willing to sign up and as a result am paying for more of them now then at any point in the past I'd agree that I don't think it's a majority that are bad actors, but I'd say it's far more then one or two, and atleast enough to impact the decisions users are making. I'd prefer this kind of subscription management functionality was handled via bank accounts, but until that's possible I'll probably keep using the app stores