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I'm really doubting there's a significant number of people that wanted to buy a phone and the thing that made the final difference was lightning / USB-C.

Deffo no from me. Until iPhone won't bring back 3,5mm headphone jack, I don't really care about it and will use any (even Chinese) Android phone which will offer me this feature.

I've not heard about iPhones getting sideloading, source?

One of the DMA (Digital Markets Act) or DSA (Digital Services Act) of the EU requires that.

They both recently passed and will come into force in May 2023 (DMA) and January 1 2024 (DSA).

One can only hope regulators keep grinding Apple's face into the ground until we have an acceptable phone.

(Though the more competition the better, I say! It would only be bad for Android in a certain sense.)

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