Ouch.

The verification aspect was one of the core arguments that Apple brought forward to argue that the app store would be a consumer benefit and not a monopolistic extortion scheme, as Epic had claimed. But now it looks like unrelated teams are poking holes into Apple's defense from all directions.

Plus, as the article correctly states, the resulting illusion of safety might be even more dangerous than a user who is aware of the need to be careful with stuff downloaded from the internet.