Apps can be side-loaded directly from websites. One doesn’t need another app store - the reason why competitor app stores fail is because they’re untrustworthy

Apps can be side-loaded directly from websites. One doesn’t need another app store - the reason why competitor app stores fail is because they’re untrustworthy and crap. There isn’t a need for another app store if what one wants is already on the play store. The only secondary model that makes sense is direct downloads from websites, which unfortunately is also malware territory. This is why the EU rules fall on their face: it’s all the security holes with none of the perceived advantages, only a few big names will make bank because they’re big and trusted enough to advertise directly to consumers. As i said before, the EU should have just mandated that approvals are spun off to a 3rd party entity. That way it would solve the usual line of attack “apple didn’t approve my crashy spyware calculator app because they want to get rich on their own free calculator.”