You might not have intended it but your other post feels like bait. Is this the first time this has ever happened to you? I step to the side a lot and am a woman. I have friends of all genders who do this. It's imho a strange thing to post about in the first place and then you asked specifically for male feedback. You also mentioned your outfit and posted a picture of it. If you thought only men could offer insight and that what you looked like would be relevant then the conclusion about it being covid related seems at odds with that. It looks like some comments are just pointing that out. No one deserves hate or shade for posting what you posted though and I see someone had their comment removed and someone started bringing up transphobia. Im sorry to see that happened.
As an aside, I do think it's fine if men want to give women additional space. Men don't have to think of themselves as a threat in order to do that. When I'm walking dogs I will do the same thing. Not because I think the dog is potentially dangerous or anything. I just don't know if that person wants to be close to a dog so I make a point of stepping aside. It's courteous. Not everyone does it and it's not mandatory but it's fine if they do. I do it myself if it's late sometimes and I'm passing a child or almost anyone who is smaller than me. I want them to know that I see them and am cognizant of their space.
That just turns paid apps into splash screens for in-app purchases though. That way apple never gets a cut because the "purchase" is in-app. Pay to be listed (maybe tiered depending on downloads) seems fair especially because it doesn't incentivize people to do scammy things with pricing. It's already a fee anyway.