> If there were problems with the margins or which types of apps were allowed regulations should have tackled that instead. Yes, and no. So, regulations did s

> If there were problems with the margins or which types of apps were allowed regulations should have tackled that instead. Yes, and no. So, regulations did say: you can't prevent users from using other default apps than the ones you tell users to use. Hence users get a lot of new default settings: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41322904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41322904 On the other hand you can't really have a regulation listing all possible apps and app features that should be allowed on the app store: there are just too many of them. So the best course of action is to let users install the apps on their own. As a result for no reason at all Apple now allows gaming emulators on the App Store because alternative app stores allow them. It's a tough balance to strike.