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yes, what about sideloading / installing apps not using their store without the certificate crap?
Yea thats the only feature I care about. But I never see it mentioned anywhere.
Same. It's the largest paradigm shift in iOS since the first iPhone. I had expected some kind of announcement at WWDC so devs could prepare, but radio silence. Apple could play out the clock on this one until February/March next year, but that would be a huge risk. Any issues with deployment and they risk a recurring fine of up to 20% of global revenue. The EU is hungry to make an example, too. If they're not dumb, the EU will get side-loading (AKA installing applications on our phones) next month. I look forward to installing all kinds of apps.
Could we be getting appstores with themes,different app icons and customization?
Yes to more app stores. That's explicitly required in the DMA. Of course it will take time for developers to build their own app stores, but Microsoft, for one, is already hard at work. I suspect the same is true of Epic and others. In reality, stores don't need to be much more than responsive wrappers, so we should see some options fast.
As for themes, app icons, and other customisations, the DMA doesn't touch on that. At least, I didn't see any requirements for that. The legislation is intended to ensure equal competition and access for developers. It's not intended to force Apple to allow greater OS customisation, for example. Unless, of course, Apple gives themselves such abilities in other apps.