You should ignore me and carry on building. Building is the only thing that matters; not what people say.
If you’re right, everything will change and everyone will benefit; that’s the only true measure when discussing supplanting the censorious and State restricted “app stores”.
You don’t need my or anyone else to approve of what you’re doing; your running software is vindication in itself, and your service being run by hundreds of millions of people, icing on the cake.
Don’t be dissuaded by anyone, don’t be discouraged, put off or made to doubt what you’re building. Plan carefully, address reality directly, comb your assumptions regularly.
Your work is needed, you are appreciated; you are the hero in the story. You chose to do the hard work, and that’s the act of a hero.
NEVER GIVE UP!