It's more than that, they choose to do the absolute least they can and pocket immense profits. In 2021 the judge in the Epic case called them out for only having 500 reviewers now it's 2026 and they still only have 500 reviewers.

https://apple.com/app-store

> Every week, nearly 500 dedicated experts around the world review over 130K apps.

And they actually updated that in the middle of last year, it's not just something they forgot it used to say:

> Every week, over 500 dedicated experts around the world review over 100K apps.