IME, Apps usually represent an overly generous amount of contempt for the people who use them.
At best, it's a designer's hubris (mixed with contempt) like, "You want to select some text out of your SMS message? I've decided. NOPE."
But mostly we're treated with contempt simply because we're an annoyance that is obstructing the goal of serving the actual customer (advertiser) who is paying for the work.
App Stores are no mystery. They are a funnel for rent-seekers and adtech info brokers.
If you think they are intended to benefit you in any way at all, you are badly mistaken.