No question - but it's usually cheaper in part because the costs (to consumer) are hidden.
Impossible to cancel subscription
Renewal terms hidden.
Trial terms hidden.
No prompt to cancel on app delete
Hard to get refunds if app doesn't work.
And list goes on.
So yes - they will be cheaper, but you will ALSO have a lot more unhappy users. So if you can think longer term - the short term gain all these devs will make milking users trust is a long term loss to platform trust (where apple wins).
Apple is a brand company. A top global brand. Part of that is a fair bit of control over the on apple experience.
Just look at the folks fighting apple on this - a lot fo them have been sued (repeatedly) for scam billing practices.
