Where Apple has complied with no malice, consumers have benefited. No legislation can be perfect, specially when corporations cling to malicious compliance, but the DMA can be better for everyone, including Apple. They’re just favouring much more their relationship with investors than with developers and their customers. This makes the ecosystem worse and worse, doesn’t matter if it’s closed or open.
Where Apple has complied with no malice, consumers have benefited. No legislation can be perfect, specially when corporations cling to malicious compliance, but the DMA can be better for everyone, including Apple. They’re just favouring much more their relationship with investors than with developers and their customers. This makes the ecosystem worse and worse, doesn’t matter if it’s closed or open.