As long as gaming consoles allow phisical distribution of software on discs or cartridges the companies can claim that an alternative exists. It is of course s

As long as gaming consoles allow phisical distribution of software on discs or cartridges the companies can claim that an alternative exists. It is of course still unfair (phisical is much more expensive) that they do not allow digital sideloading but as long as the phisical option exits, they have an excuse. Apple has no excuse. They are leveraging their monopoly on iOS devices (a natural monopoly, they made and own iOS, it's not the monopoly that's the issue) to extract revenue in a different area (transaction processing).