It’s gonna be a Safari browser based app charging $9.99 a month to essentially load their website inside the app. Notice how those aren’t in the App Store? Apple banned that practice.
The App Store is absolutely, overwhelmingly flooded with garbage subscription apps…
Is the “higher standard” you are referring to the basic and fairly widely-established consumer right to not have faulty products else the manufacturer addresses the issue?
Pretty much the same thing did happen to Apple but with MacBooks, there’s actually a few 2015-ish models that are banned on planes.
https://www.techradar.com/news/macbook-pro-flight-ban-everything-you-need-to-know
And that change they’re avoiding… is to subscription-only access!