Apple is loathe to change its current App Store business model, and it’s pretty easy to see why — it’s essentially an absolutely gigantic, passive moneymaking machine. In fact, some might even go so far as to describe their monopolistic decisions and ridiculously steep profit taxation rates as “Mafia extortion.” Unfortunately for them, addressing their untenable strategy is one of the few things most Americans (and their politicians) can agree on right now.
As the time draws nearer for legal force to finally change Apple’s policies, we’re starting to see the company throw out some truly ridiculous reasons why it believes the status quo should remain the same: customers’ devices would apparently be vastly more susceptible to malware and other issues if they were allowed to use third-party downloads outside the official App Store.
