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> The gatekeeper shall not be prevented from taking, to the extent that they are strictly necessary and proportionate, measures to ensure that third-party soft

> The gatekeeper shall not be prevented from taking, to the extent that they are strictly necessary and proportionate, measures to ensure that third-party software applications or software application stores do not endanger the integrity of the hardware or operating system provided by the gatekeeper, provided that such measures are duly justified by the gatekeeper. A lot of Apple's system design will hinge on this paragraph. They might still be able to require some form of Notarization. I'd welcome that. Keep the Security through code signing and a strong permission system. Allowing other App Stores to set their own review process and "guidelines".

Apocryphon 4y ago
Apple definitely can do more for iOS user security beyond App Store review, and much casual commentary overlooks that. Not to mention, given how the EU seems to be fairly pro-consumer protection, alternative app store guidelines will probably be subject to regulator scrutiny as well. A lot of the doomsday scenarios about Facebook creating an app store to invasively track people seem to forget that regulators don't like that, nor their respective monopolistic practices, either. I don't think they'll be able to get away with creating an user-tracking scammy app store and then taking their existing ubiquitously-used apps off of the official App Store without drawing the ire of the EU.