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EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”. (www.eff.org)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

They've had the "this app might be malware" or whatever nonsense for ages, and I think they've stepped it up a bit. That won't stop power users, but it does chill average users and was a big reason Epic Games sued despite having the ability already to offer a sideloadable app.

And yeah, it's all about precedent. Microsoft has been trying to go this route for a while as well, and every time they do, it's always "security" as the excuse for why it needs to be that way.