It came out in the Epic trial that 90% of App Store revenue came from in app purchases of play to win games. Those apps aren’t going to the web because it’s much easier to convince whales to buy coins and loot boxes using in app purchase than put a credit card on a website.
Also all those banks - if they just had a website they wouldn't be able to enforce that you cannot access your banking from your rooted Android phone. Thanks to the additional power of apps, they can.
Hell, there was (and still is I think) even all the ridiculous rules around "can't link to a website payment outside of your app" and "definitely can't tell the user it's cheaper not to buy it thru the app where Apple takes a 30% cut"
I distrust Microsoft and Google as much as I distrust Apple, but damn do people give Apple so many passes "yeah well they use that 30% cut to pay for all the security and services they offer!111" you really believe that? How come so many 0-days & other exploits are found by GOOGLE'S project zero? Does Apple not pay enough for their own research into that stuff?
Also, really complaining about Apple’s security compared to Android? Seeing that most Apple has been publishing security patches for 10 year old phones and Google abandons its own hardware.
Don't like it? Just move to the only other town there is, and write them letters and visit occasionally. If you don't like it there too, well they say there are other places if you take a long boat ride.
As to Google, despite all their many faults at least they haven't gas lit me claiming I'm holding it wrong.
What about all of the other devices it sold in the last decade.
And Google only sells a tiny fraction of Android devices. What about the other literally 97%
Microsoft hasn’t had a problem keeping PCs updated that it doesn’t sell for a decade. Heck I got Windows updates for my pre-Bootcamp x86 2006 Mac Mini for years after Apple abandoned it
pay to win games, I can never find a game that has fixed cost and doesn't push advertising or self advertising, you know, an app safe for kids; they all have full screen ads with tricky close buttons
BTW, why is App Store such a shit show? It's 99% crap. Where is the concept of pay to own.