The fact that Apple's app store is the ONLY place for third party software means that the issue of app store listing policies and the inability to load unapprov

The fact that Apple's app store is the ONLY place for third party software means that the issue of app store listing policies and the inability to load unapproved software are deeply linked, and effectively the same issue. If Apple allowed me to load software from third parties directly, like I do on my computer, I wouldn't care what the App store policies were, much like I don't care what the MacOS app store policies are.