[lonelappde]

Apple is all about heavy handed locking down the experience for the user's benefit as judged by Apple. Why do they even allow apps that exfiltrate data and serve ads? Just require all ads go through Apple's system, and ban apps that do anything remotely shady.

[dredmorbius]

While that's one possible solution, the problem of creating one-stop shopping for any potential adversary (state actor, non-state actor, stalker, insider threat, etc.) might give pause to reconsider.