The probably couldn’t afford the development /s

But on the positive side, Apple is now forced to allow other app stores on all phones in the EU.

So that’s probably a bigger win than this is a loss.

Depends on whether your app is distributed as a PWA or not. Mine is, so it kinda touches me personally.

I dont know much about mobile but cant you stick your pwa in some electron-like thing and distribute it as an app? i mean its still a pain of course

You can, but then I’d have to pay $99 per year to Apple to have it on the App Store. 3rd party app stores are gonna be a wild west for a while, so not sure it’s viable as an option.