One strategy Apple will explore is turning the Apple appstore into an Apple Arcarde/Plus -like service and use dark patterns to basically convince/force people

One strategy Apple will explore is turning the Apple appstore into an Apple Arcarde/Plus -like service and use dark patterns to basically convince/force people to use it. Because the other alternative will be for customers to deal with malware on iOS for the first time (as any other appstores on iOS will always have lesser security because Apple's system isn't free and open) [1]. Apple didn't allow users to change their default browser until iOS 14. That's 13 years on from the release of the original iPhone in 2007. They sure as hell aren't going to make it easy for other appstores to exist. Business customers will be able to afford this new Appstore 'service', but the negative costs will be carried by everyday people, who will, due to the closed nature of Apple's walled garden, be forced to get by with much less security. If anything goes wrong with these other app stores Apple will deflect criticism by blaming the govt. for not allowing them to control the full 'iOS experience' anymore (or in business speak: 'to control all the verticals'). This of course is the weaponized rhetoric of a monstrous monopolistic entity who uses illogical arguments to misrepresent and confuse the average user/customer. We've already seen how far these profit-seeking firms are willing to go to even directly mislead customers into voting against labor protection laws with Uber and Prop 22 [2]. [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s... [2] https://twitter.com/bigblackjacobin/status/1294865684782919686 https://twitter.com/bigblackjacobin/status/12948656847829196...