Of course. For Apple, this is pretty much tied to their biggest cash cow: the iPhone. They are rely on it(maybe too much) and the service ecosystem they provide around it, which some people refer to as the "Walled Garden".<p>People love jumping at forcing companies to do what they want through legislation, but the government can use it for far worse things. Imagine if a government mandated an App Store of their own where they have a backdoor access to all of the apps, something which "may" not happen if Apple controls access. Or if side-loading were allowed, they could just create their own App Store, where they do the same thing without needing to make a mandate to Apple.<p>However, I understand the frustrations of developers, and I agree that Apple holds too much power. But the solution needs to be better than just slapping some legislation on it. Hell,even having the threat of legislation over their head, Apple can make concessions to their privacy above all. Imagine if they begin allowing backdoor access for iPhones to avoid the legislation from being passed. And this seems more and more likely by the day, especially consider their embarassingly awful NeuralHash™.<p>A decentralized App Store would be better but Apple and Google will fight tooth and nail against such a thing. Thought Google is kind of better in this regard, since side-loading is very much allowed on Android.<p>Another deciding factor is the free market. Apple is not impervious to consumer demand. If consumers begin to become more conscious, Apple will be forced to change. But this will obviously be painfully slow.