Apple actually have no problem with developers distributing outside the store. But this will issue a notice to the user. Furthermore if the developer don’t regi

Apple actually have no problem with developers distributing outside the store. But this will issue a notice to the user. Furthermore if the developer don’t register to them and and don’t sign their Apps, it will require and additional step through system setting and will be qualified as unsafe by the user facing warning. If developers do sign theirs Apps Apple have no issue with side loading as they’ll have a mean to nuke theses Apps via cert revocation if one of theses App turn out to be a malware. Maybe it’s that middle ground that is currently missing from iOS. However one could rightly argue that for the sake of overall system performance on a mobile device preemptive curation is a better choice. It’s would be perceived equally (if not more) harsh is Apple nuked side loaded signed Apps for the reason of "Impairing performance". On MacOS they’re resorted to nuke only for security reason which is more acceptable.