This argument leads nowhere since it just as well applies the other way around.

Both are problems, both need solving.

no?

removing/decreasing apples ability to police apps before regulation means you are opening users to hostile apps.

adding regulation and setting standards for apps and data tracking and then removing/limiting apples ability to police apps does not.

these are not the same thing?

Where are all these hostile apps on Android? Even the Facebook example, last I checked it's still on the Google's App Store.

Cause there's plenty of examples of Apple's store filled with spam and outright fraudulent phishing apps. There's a big difference between the image Apple advertises for the App Store and what it's actually like.