[tested23]

Ios and android development as they exist today will die once governments mandate then end of the app store monopolies.

[myko]

There is no Android app store monopoly. You can download apks and install them already. See: https://f-droid.org/

[wiseowise]

Just as there was no “IE monopoly”, even though you could technically download separate browser.

[myko]

I don't think that works as a metaphor. IE got MS in trouble because it was so embedded into the OS that it was literally required, and MS did everything they could to force users to use it.

Android works fine when built from source with no Play Store at all, using F-Droid as the primary store.

[dmitriid]

Ah yes, this mandate will immediately make all APIs across all OSes the same