As operators of app stores, Google and Apple have no incentive to remove shovelware, as they earn a healthy share of every buck made by their creators, at almost no cost.
Similarly, ad networks have no incentives to remove harmful ads, as long as nobody complains enough to cut into profits.
And above all, social media platforms have little to no incentive to remove emotionally manipulative content. It's effectively a symbiotic relationship between the content and "the algorithm".
How do we change the incentives without resorting to censorship? I think the government bodies have in part failed to address these things, because the product to be regulated is information. It's always a slippery slope towards censorship, which makes for a perfect target for lobby work.
