The average person needs safeguards to prevent them from being tricked into installing malware by seemingly trustworthy black hats. They should not be given devices that lack safeguards. That means having a gatekeeper that curates things. Be it Apple or Google, a gate keeper is a necessity for security.
Even for non-average people, gatekeepers like Gentoo's or Debian's package maintainer(s) do a great deal of good.
Even for non-average people, gatekeepers like Gentoo's or Debian's package maintainer(s) do a great deal of good.