Surely you don’t want your fellow citizens to fall for Russian, Chinese, Another State Actor propaganda?

Centralized Appstore monopolies are best friends of the authoritarian governments. Both Google and Apple readily removed any app the local government points them to, saying that they are committed to working in accordance with the legislation of countries where they provide their services.

"....but added that it complies with the local laws of each particular country." [0]

[0]: https://www.techspot.com/news/67701-russia-tells-apple-googl...