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Security is a really good reason to restrict access to the system from anything other than installed software.

My best guess is that you are either confused as to what "installed" means, or you want the DMA to be more than it can be, and are so angry that Apple is flaunting its limitations that you aren't thinking rationally.

If you want to make a complaint that access to the system services are supposed to be free of charge but aren't, the EC is just going to throw your complaint in the trash. If you want to make a complaint that the Core Technology Fee is an unfair general access condition, you might actually get somewhere :)



> Security is a really good reason to restrict access to the system from anything other than installed software.

The security requirements differ depending on the specific API/feature we talk about.

The API that allows for app installation is itself covered by the provision, as the App Store is a service that Apple provides.

The security measures Apple could implement here are enforced notarization and source restriction settable by the user.

> or you want the DMA to be more than it can be, and are so angry that Apple is flaunting its limitations that you aren't thinking rationally.

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