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Re:Pavel Durov wants a law to make Apple allow iPhone users ... by DeonPenny on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:07AM (#23846228)
Even if you could do this I doubt it would change. They could do so many engineering things to prevent it.

They could change the CPU architecture and prevent you from uploading to any other services or using dev tools. They could do what google did and make certain apps rely on a services app that is managed by the store as a dependency.

Theres to many options when the people building the product are opposed to the idea.

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Re:Pavel Durov wants a law to make Apple allow iPhone users ... by benologist on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:10AM (#23846290)
There are entities big enough to challenge Apple if they were forced to accommodate alternative app stores but obstructed them in practice, like GOG, Steam, Google, Microsoft etc.
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