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That's really not an issue right now. Governments ARE forcing Apple to preinstall government apps right now. https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/16/russia-pre-install-

• zepto 6y ago
  That article completely proves my point. 1. Russia has sufficient leverage. Most smaller countries do not. 2. “These pre-installed apps will also be deletable after setup is complete, just like any other third-party app that is downloaded from the App Store.” That’s as far as Apple was willing to go. The Apps also don’t have privileged access to anything private. If the US or EU forces Apple to allow alternate stores, both of these protections will be gone, forever. And once they are gone on Apple devices, why would anyone imagine we’ll ever again have a widespread platform that doesn’t have government mandated software? Apple’s dominance is at best a transient problem. Let’s not trade it for a permanent one that is far worse.
  • wlesieutre 6y ago
    > 2. “These pre-installed apps will also be deletable after setup is complete, just like any other third-party app that is downloaded from the App Store.” They aren't even preinstalled. You get a prompt during setup and they're pre-selected to be installed after setup, but you can uncheck them. "All apps in the list are pre-selected to be installed as part of setup; however, users are able to deselect apps individually if they don’t want them."