b) It's under scrutiny but the legal consensus being formed is that Apple simply needs to allow links to alternate payment systems. It doesn't need to allow sideloading or offer alternate app stores.
c) Some countries are looking at forcing Apple to offer a "choose your phone/mail/calendar app" screen on initial phone purchase which does have precedent and looks far more likely.
Well, their contracts with AWS should expire in a year or 2. Also, they've used AWS, GCP, and Azure.
It only makes sense to migrate to their own cloud.
They're already offering Xcode Cloud. The logical step afterwards would be a public cloud. This is where the big money is.
b) It's under scrutiny but the legal consensus being formed is that Apple simply needs to allow links to alternate payment systems. It doesn't need to allow sideloading or offer alternate app stores.
c) Some countries are looking at forcing Apple to offer a "choose your phone/mail/calendar app" screen on initial phone purchase which does have precedent and looks far more likely.