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I really think Apple screwed the pooch on this one. They had a decade to open up iOS in a more controlled way. They did the opposite, locking out apps on competitive grounds, opening themselves up for obvious antitrust action. Now the decision is going to be out of their hands around the world, and the legislation is far more onerous.
As an EU citizen I cannot WAIT for the DMA to come into effect. I’m genuinely excited to see all the interesting new apps and the creativity which will be allowed to flourish again on the platform.
Likely, we'll just see decreased quality, new threats and exploit-vectors, scams.
And a few more adult-entertainment-focused apps (that currently Apple doesn't want).
Just like in Android-land. Or when TV got "liberalized".
All the use-cases people usually cite (emulators, shells) are really irrelevant to anybody but the absolute tiniest fraction of the user base and IMHO not worth sacrificing the obvious security and stability advantages the current status-quo offers to 100% of the user base.
With freedom of choice comes need to act responsibly. Or as some may call it, being an adult.
The vast majority of users clearly are not able to act responsible all the time in all life-situations.
People are flawed.
Which is why the store wont be readily available on the home screen, but through the system settings.
Everyone wins.
And yet society still gives them lots more freedom than Apple does.
What does this even mean?
Back when there were only three TV channels....
In reality, all this drama about "choice" is just governments looking to be able to more conveniently install their man-in-the-middle stack for chat-surveillance.