> Because the entire point of the App Store is the review process.
So who is stopping you from buying all your apps from the App Store after they've gone through the review process? Why do you need to stop everybody else from choosing to do something different than you and having their iPhone apps reviewed by somebody else?
> But you do realize even physical games you buy for consoles have to be reviewed and approved by the console makers and they still get a cut?
That is indeed the same situation, and consoles should not be restricting competing app distribution methods either.
So who is stopping you from buying all your apps from the App Store after they've gone through the review process? Why do you need to stop everybody else from choosing to do something different than you and having their iPhone apps reviewed by somebody else?
> But you do realize even physical games you buy for consoles have to be reviewed and approved by the console makers and they still get a cut?
That is indeed the same situation, and consoles should not be restricting competing app distribution methods either.