> As a small app developer, I can tell you first hand that Apple only promotes and supports larger apps in the ecosystem

I have friends at Apple who curate the App Store and I have a number of apps on the store as well. Your statement is categorically wrong.

Apple absolutely supports small developers. If you look through many of their "editor playlists" you will see plenty of smaller apps that get a lot of attention e.g. Bear, Notability, Calm. Even apps like Instagram were small once.