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The terms would make something like F-Droid impossible. The fundamental problem is that Apple believes it is owed a fee when people distribute apps for the iPhone, but no legal mechanism entitles them to such a fee; I'm fairly sure it's possible to make an iPhone app without copying any of Apple's copyrighted code or using any of their patents.
The only mechanism that allows them to collect one is their technical control over the platform, and that's what the DMA was intended to remove.
I know this is going to be a hot take especially on the lemmyverse, but that's not the fundamental problem.
The issue in question is: should a company that provides a product, one whose value proposition is focused on a cohesive ecosystem and experience, be forced to break down their walled garden to let people create a new app store or install apps in a way that's outside that companies vision for their own product.
My personal opinion is that it's a dumb fight for apple to take, because 99.9% of their users will never deviate from their app store. But I understand why they are fighting it. I'd fight it too. Huge companies that have made a fortune benefiting from the apple ecosystem have gotten so big they want to take even more and forgot how much value apples environment and user based provides them.
I don't get what part of the value proposition for the customer ought to entail that nobody else may make different choices. If an Android user wants to solely and exclusively use Google apps, they can. Likewise, if people want to install apps from other sources, why is that a problem for someone who wants to stick to Apple's app store?
This only makes sense for the company, because they benefit from absolute control.
third party apps bad!! viruses and trojans, can you imagine this monstrosity??!
You might even install a pear on your apple, and that would be a catastrophe.