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It’s definitely going to happen. Exactly like for Android which has allowed concurrent app stores for a decade and is now submerged under them. /s

Better than having to jailbreak your device, opening it to all manner of attacks, to install an app you want.

In what way is that better? Jailbroken iPhones represent a tiny fraction of the devices out there. So now we have to expose everyone for the sake of the “WAlLeD gaRdEn” minority?

No reputable company can afford to do that (as they can't in Android).

As for security, etc. nobody will force you to install any third party store (as they don't in Android). Very likely, >99% of people won't install any other store than Apple's, yet they will get the benefits of breaking the monopoly in form of reduced prices, since Apple's premium will have to be determined by the market rather than by extortion.