It seems this question circumvents the primary issue. Remember, behind every app is a person, company or corporation. If there would be any reason to 'Go Back', it would be to implement more rigorous standards of relevance, user requirements, and privacy protection.
For instance: A generally available app to give people access to the materials in The Library of Congress (and the rest of the library collections around the country/world) without collecting personal data would be super.
A Password Manager app means the user is letting somebody else make up and store their passwords for them...Should probably have much more stringent user requirements, data collection restrictions and regulation, and availability requirements. What good is having super strong passwords that defy memorization stored in a super secure app if the app becomes unavailable? There is also the matter of whether the user can store and access their passwords 'offline'.
Credit monitoring apps are a beast unto themselves...potentially very helpful, but also potentially even more dangerous, especially the third party credit monitoring apps. A special kind of scrutiny is appropriate.
These days apps are like the wild west on the internet.
