Hell has clearly frozen over. Or, the European Union is flexing its muscles: the App Store app will be user-deletable soon.
From my story in Forbes:
Apple will allow iPhone and iPad owners to delete one of its most prized and valuable properties, the iOS App Store, by the end of this year. The change will make Apple compliant with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act and create more competition in the mobile ecosystem, and it will only be possible inside the EU.