"there are bad governments in the world, and mobile phones should allow people who want to oppose their own bad governments to install apps that will help them in their opposition?"
Honestly if our goal is to rid the world of truly bad governments then phone apps are in not in anyway the first or most effective method.
and who makes the judgement on what a "truly" bad gov't is?
I say if you own the hardware, you should be allowed to install any app you wish on it.
Apple can claim that this voids your warranty, but they (or any other actor (including the gov't)) cannot be allowed to _prevent_ you from doing it. .
Maybe common sense, human freedom index, etc.
Are you really arguing that as Westerners we cannot tell a bad government from a good one?
What distinction are you trying to make here? Many Western governments ( namely, the US and its closest allies) engage in warrantless wiretapping, unlawful search and seizure, imprisonment without due process, warfare without democratic authorization and even taxation and regulation without representation. None of these matters register on the radar of public concern. So can we, as Westerners tell the difference? Apparently not, but we sure are smug about our geographic orientation.
Unless you're a college kid or just came out of college and you've just been brainwashed by your Marxist professors, I have no idea how you can have a vision that is so far from reality.
3rd option is abuse of enterprise development certificate (which is intended for $BIGCOMPANY's own employees only)