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Starting in May next year, the Digital Markets Act [1] requires Apple to "allow the installation of third-party software applications [...] by means other than the relevant core platform services of that gatekeeper."

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%...

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Very excited for this, but also disappointed that it took the entire European Union to bring Apple to heel.

I'm still on the fence about whether this will end up being a net good or not but people don't seem to consider the potential knock on effects of this. Apple puts some nice pro-consumer, along with some less nice anti-developer, requirements on Apps in the AppStore. Easy subscription management, privacy disclosure, parental controls etc. If the developers of an app decide to only make it available outside the AppStore you as a consumer may be forced to choose between using that app and getting those benefits.

> If the developers of an app decide to only make it available outside the AppStore you as a consumer may be forced to choose between using that app and getting those benefits.

And Apple already chooses the reverse for you by not allowing apps you may want and by charging at 30% tax for doing so. There is a vast disparity between the behaviors!

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