Apple has become the parent/older brother who makes up entirely arbitrary rules whenever they feel like it (ie is beneficial to them). They had a long standing

Apple has become the parent/older brother who makes up entirely arbitrary rules whenever they feel like it (ie is beneficial to them). They had a long standing exception for ads not requiring in-app purchases (for some weird reason), but now they're drawing a line in the sand randomly. We've had app stores now, and the world isn't better off. In perfect irony, apps are the new Flash, and as long as there is 0 standardization, openness or even a sliver of interop, we're just treading water. I wish regulators in some significant jurisdiction hit them all with a hammer, setting ground rules for side loading and a meaningful opt out for end users (that didn't simultaneously cripple their devices).