Are you suggesting that the iOS App Store and Google Play Store aren't "flooded with low quality applications by amateurs"?
To me it seems that a (relatively) high barrier to entry, and an approval process (in Apple's case), haven't really stopped lots of crappy apps from making it in.
Personally I'm all for lowering barriers to entry. It's arguably one of the greatest things about the web.
No, if I wanted to say that I would have said that. I'm saying, lowering the barrier to entry is barely needed. If anything you've just outlined my point. The barrier to entry is apparently so low that all app stores regardless of developer complexity are already flooded with crap.
To me it seems that a (relatively) high barrier to entry, and an approval process (in Apple's case), haven't really stopped lots of crappy apps from making it in.
Personally I'm all for lowering barriers to entry. It's arguably one of the greatest things about the web.