I don't see the point you are making.

If video streaming is so bad, Netflix should not be on the App Store for "iDevice security". If video game streaming is so bad, Twitch should not be on the App Store for "iDevice security".

> If video game streaming is so bad

It's not just streaming, it's interactive streaming where it could well happen that PayToWin / LootBox / etc games can appear.

Now, of course, they already exist on the App Store (and I honestly wish Apple would ban them outright) but there, at least, Apple has some kind of leverage - with xCloud, they have none.

Netflix offers "interactive movies", and those are apparently ok, for some reason.

That’s a fair point. At some point far down the road of complexity, those could cross into the territory of ‘gaming’.

But Netflix can read the same rules the rest of us can, and know that they signed a contract that doesn’t allow App storefronts.

What capabilities would the streamed app have for deception that a website lacks?

None. That’s the point. Both can deceive you in ways that App Store Apps cannot.

One reason people spend so much money in the App Store is because it is relatively safe to do so.

But then why are browsers allowed in the App Store?