> Sure, the amount risk probably varies, but you are talking about going from a Marketplace that implements some level of app review to no-review. It's more risk.
Only if the developer isn't as trustworthy as Apple. In fact, it could be lower risk even if they are less trustworthy than Apple, when it's their own app, because someone who is less competent but not overtly malicious who posts their own app is much less likely to be supplying malware than a general-purpose store that tries to vet everything but accepts submissions from just anyone at all including overtly malicious actors, and could thereby miss something.
And the user, in choosing which alternate stores or developers to trust, can decide that.
> It's not possible to design a special switch only for those qualified "many" - and only them.
Well of course it is. In the worst case scenario you could make the switch irreversible and then once enabled the device could never add another store. But that's really no different than requiring a device wipe to change it back, because a wiped device should be no different than a new device that never had the switch enabled to begin with.
> It's not in the sense that someone else could do it, but the DMA doesn't require it, so obviously no gatekeeper will.
Isn't whether it's "strictly necessary" the condition on which they can demand it?
> Also, it's a terrible idea because there's no market for it. Everyone already expects it to be free.
How is it free? They're charging $100/year and a percentage on top of that.
Only if the developer isn't as trustworthy as Apple. In fact, it could be lower risk even if they are less trustworthy than Apple, when it's their own app, because someone who is less competent but not overtly malicious who posts their own app is much less likely to be supplying malware than a general-purpose store that tries to vet everything but accepts submissions from just anyone at all including overtly malicious actors, and could thereby miss something.
And the user, in choosing which alternate stores or developers to trust, can decide that.
> It's not possible to design a special switch only for those qualified "many" - and only them.
Well of course it is. In the worst case scenario you could make the switch irreversible and then once enabled the device could never add another store. But that's really no different than requiring a device wipe to change it back, because a wiped device should be no different than a new device that never had the switch enabled to begin with.
> It's not in the sense that someone else could do it, but the DMA doesn't require it, so obviously no gatekeeper will.
Isn't whether it's "strictly necessary" the condition on which they can demand it?
> Also, it's a terrible idea because there's no market for it. Everyone already expects it to be free.
How is it free? They're charging $100/year and a percentage on top of that.