When you're replying to a comment pointing out that there are, in fact, lots of competing apps, and your comment claiming that they're still evil points to an article from nine years ago, you don't demonstrate much credibility to your claims.
I didn't say Apple bans all competing apps. They're selectively "evil". And they've faced so much outrage about the app store, and still do (for example, there's a Supreme Court case pending and a recent lawsuit from Spotify) that they are slightly restrained at the moment.
Calling that "a bit too soon to forget" seems...problematic on several levels.