They're doing everything to discourage devs who'd want to release apps on their own and make actually difficult to do so. You still need to fit their requiremen

They're doing everything to discourage devs who'd want to release apps on their own and make actually difficult to do so. You still need to fit their requirements if you want to play the alternative stores game where apple holds all the cards. So yes, what they did changes anything, and it's just a smack in the EU face while keeping the status-quo. If they wouldn't maliciously comply and do some weird acrobatics we'd have a fdroid-like stores running right now and options to enable side-loading and some kind of scanning feature like google play protect (which on the other hand, likes to turns itself on). For the user this is really simple: you're a typical consumer who wants to use appstore and stick to apple-approved software just to be "safe" - that's the default for you. You are poweruser who wants to expand the software library on the device - tap the setting, read the warning, read it again and install whatever you like Anyway, it seems that the EC has received feedback from devs regarding what apple presented: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/20/eu-antitrust-chief-warns-apple-app-store-fees/ https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/20/eu-antitrust-chief-warn... so things may change in the future.