They’re not actually relinquishing any control. They’re just allowing subsidiary “app stores” to take a tiny cut while Apple still controls everything.
I’ve been an Apple fanboy for years, but less so these days. I can’t imagine that the EU won’t fine them for this, although it’s hard to imagine any fine that would make an impression on a $3 trillion company.
To the replies in the other threads, they never see fanboys defending Apple, especially not on Lemmy: see? Whataboutism and “sideloading is automatic security and privacy (?!) nightmare” kool-aid.
More direct reply: no, alternative app stores don’t imply less security. They could be more secure even. And sure it’s all about money for Apple (and other companies = irrelevant here) but that doesn’t void criticism.
Have you ever submitted an App to the App Store? They have much higher standards on ownership, transparency, not being scammy, and they run some decent scans before the upload is allowed. I’m not claiming they’re perfect in protecting their customers but they set a higher bar than anyone else.
While other stores could meet that standard, that would be naive to expect, given current stores
Than who? Android play store? Definitely. Decades old established package managers like Debian’s apt? Not so much.
Or do you mean the potential third party tool for iOS that doesn’t even exist and now is much less likely to be good because of Apple being a douche about it?