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Not quite, just that they should _allow_ such app stores if the app store so wanted to go on the platform. Microsoft Windows and Android already allow this today which I think is why you hear about Apple's App store so much - it does not allow this. E.g. on Windows you can install iTunes and listen to Apple Music without Apple having to use Microsoft's app store or pay a cut of the subscription to Microsoft. The same…
As an Apple customer, I will lose value from my purchase if iOS was required to have additional (non-Apple controlled) AppStores. This change cannot be made retroactively to my previous purchases. The law (if it ever exists) should only apply to new iPhones and Apple should let users decide what they want. Unlocking extra AppStores would likely also be more expensive than a locked in iPhone because of Apple’s ROI fro…
As far as the subsidization again I'm not sure I follow, you're paying the subsidization today and the option to continue paying subsidization isn't what's changing.