Small indie developers are the majority of developers in Apple’s ecosystem. If they are to be screwed over as well (for example, with the upcoming sideloading feature unlocking piracy for everyone), it doesn’t seem fantastic.
Sometimes bending to the user is to the detriment of developers who create the ecosystem your users appreciate in the first place.
iOS is the singular OS in the world where the user's freedom is curtailed in such a heavy handed manner.
No subscriptions, no servers required to use. It is very rare now. Apple made this ecosystem it possible by being an intermediary between you and your customers, ensuring they do not run cracked versions of your work to save money and rip you off. It would suck to see it go.
Note who lobbied for this law. Not coincidentally, not the companies that actually did the above (selling software to own), just big corps with competing platforms.
You know this and I know this.
> iOS is the singular OS in the world where the user's freedom is curtailed in such a heavy handed manner.
Pointed out that isn't the case across the planet, moved goalposts to only 5 OSes, ignoring the supposed rest of the world
> There are three dominant desktop and two mobile operating systems...
Apparently the world is too big to make a point.