A much more robust and free market approach to this would be a great review system and an actually open app store - this vetting process you describe is not at

A much more robust and free market approach to this would be a great review system and an actually open app store - this vetting process you describe is not at all "better" it incentivizes platforms to 1) kill competition (or any company who refuses to sell out to them during BD negotiations) and 2) encourage/turn a blind eye to the 1000s of currently available scam apps that try to lock people into subscriptions that cannot get cancelled etc. Examples of both 1) and 2) are plenty, so I guess I just disagree that this vetting process helps anyone but the incumbent gatekeeper-taxers.