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by 43920 2762 days ago
If you think the services the Apple app store provides are worth the price increase, then you as an individual consumer could choose to buy apps just from that store.

Or you could buy an app directly from the developer, whom you presumably trust (and even if you don't, the app is sandboxed, so the chances of something bad happening are pretty low).

Or you could buy the app from an alternative store that's more trustworthy than just "some east European dude from his basement", which would someone would almost certainly create if they had the option to.

Plus, Apple isn't just getting rid of the "worst offenders", it's also banning apps with content it dislikes, or that hurt its business model:

https://bgr.com/2018/05/25/steam-link-for-iphone-download-io...

https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/apple-rejects-app-...