You’d have a point if the status quo had changed since the introduction of the MAS, but it hasn’t. As explained in other threads, in order to offer the same fun

You’d have a point if the status quo had changed since the introduction of the MAS, but it hasn’t. As explained in other threads, in order to offer the same functionality, Apple would need to implement tighter controls, similar to those found in iOS; you yourself have complained about these restrictions, and we'd hear the same trite iOSification nonsense, or someone blathering about user freedom, when what they really mean is freedom for developers to fuck with other peoples machines. So this appears to be yet another shitty stick with which to beat Apple, especially given that it is really no better anywhere else on the desktop.