Apple is purposefully hindering steering policies for developers to reach iOS users outside of the App Store. The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into...
We are concerned that Apple designed its new business model to discourage app developers and end users from taking advantage of the opportunities afforded to them by the DMA. The letter of the DMA is clear: gatekeepers have to allow for alternative app stores to establish themselves on their platforms; and for consumers to be fully informed about the offers available to them. So that they can freely choose where they want to source their apps, and at what conditions.
— Margrethe Vestager (European Commissioner for Competition)