> The truth is that decrying things like Apple's splash screen about the use of alternative stores, for example, is ridiculous. The article is talking about sp

> The truth is that decrying things like Apple's splash screen about the use of alternative stores, for example, is ridiculous. The article is talking about splash screens for 3rd party payments (like this: https://developer.apple.com/support/images/apps-using-alternative-payment-providers-in-the-eu/screen-private-large_2x.png https://developer.apple.com/support/images/apps-using-altern...) not for 3rd party app stores (like this: https://developer.apple.com/support/images/alternative-app-marketplace-in-the-eu/screen-install-large_2x.png?3 https://developer.apple.com/support/images/alternative-app-m...). I would agree the app store warning is pretty reasonable: "<site> would like to install an App Marketplace" is clear and to the point, sure (and the article doesn't disagree). "This app doesn't support the App Store's private and secure payment system" as the main headline on a full screen warning with a huge long scary blurb every time you try to pay anybody who isn't Apple is not reasonable. This is not the great danger Apple is pretending it is - literally every single one of their customers has paid money to somebody outside the App Store in the past. Being aware of the risks of that is a basic & essential skill that everybody who owns a credit card must have already. Apple has a responsibility to protect non-technical users against technical risks, but it does not (and should not) try to protect users from lack of very basic life skills. > Apple has all the legal rights to do that That's not necessarily true at all! I'm sure there'll have a good lawyerly debate on this soon, but the DMA requirements generally seem to mandate no restrictions for these new features than those strictly required to preserve device integrity & security. Given that the existing global payment system is very familiar to all their customers, far more widely used than App Store purchases, and _generally pretty good_ (yes, you can quibble on UX and subscription management, but we all use it all the time, there's plenty of anti-fraud backstops, and payments in the world outside the app store do work) I don't think this screaming warning can be justified as an essential measure required to protect user security. To me, it looks like a unnecessarily scary screen actively discouraging users away from their competition. A small calm confirmation for "Pay outside the App Store? This payment will be handled by 'Example Dev' directly." would be far more justifiable.