Anyone can make a website and publish it but for some reason when it comes to apps there needs to be a store with a review process. Aren't apps, in a way, not just specialised browsers (not talking about webview apps here) that run in a sandbox? Why the need for all this "reviewing", does it make apps safer or better quality? Is it a device ecosystem permission / security problem? I.e. why do apps need stores and websites don't?
One example where there are problems is crypto wallets - fake ones can steal all your crypto. Not that it's solved that well with apps - Apple has run ads for fake crypto stealing ones as no 1 in the list on its app store.
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