Right on. I would also like Apple to decide what books I'm able to read and what foods I can eat, because users having control of these things comes with a risk

Right on. I would also like Apple to decide what books I'm able to read and what foods I can eat, because users having control of these things comes with a risk of security and cost of privacy. But seriously, if you want a walled garden, that's your right and other people having a choice does not infringe on it. You might actually like having alternate app stores—maybe one will be able to have even tighter controls on the privacy and security guarantees of the apps and avoid all the scams of the Apple app store: https://mjtsai.com/blog/tag/app-store-scams/ https://mjtsai.com/blog/tag/app-store-scams/