> Let's keep some perspective here - there is no "inalienable right to sell apps to smartphone users via a private commercial storefront".

This is unacceptable in a world where governments and businesses are increasingly gating services behind those same marketplaces.

Something’s got to give here. We can’t allow people to create a captive, gatekept marketplace and then create/allow significant pressure that herds people into that same marketplace.

IMO, break up all the gatekeepers using antitrust and require that critical infrastructure and businesses (government, banking, utilities, payments, etc) allow alternate access paths that don’t require a smartphone.