If regular users were clamouring to be allowed to install apps from places other than the official App Store I think your argument would carry more weight. It s

If regular users were clamouring to be allowed to install apps from places other than the official App Store I think your argument would carry more weight. It seems to me though that it's developers asking for the rule changes for their own self interest but presenting the argument as if it would benefit end users. The App Store clearly offers enough value to justify the 30% cut because developers are voluntarily choosing to enter into that agreement and develop software. So ultimately both developers and users are voluntarily choosing to use or develop for iOS. iPhones have maybe 15% global market share of smartphone devices so plenty of people are choosing from the alternatives, so I don't think the anti-trust argument can even seriously enter the conversation. Producers of physical products have no natural right to force supermarkets to carry their products, nor to dictate terms to supermarkets.