But the European Union's newly enacted Digital Markets Act is forcing Apple to relinquish its "monopolistic" control over developers and iPhones by 2024.Dutch and South Korean regulators, for example, have clashed with Apple, which has so far made few if any changes to how it does business in those countries.The company's critics, meanwhile, have argued that the security risks are minimal next to the benefits brought by increased competition in the App Store and more user choice.—Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) October 3, 2022The biggest pain for developers could go awaySideloading would also address one of Apple's biggest sources of criticism: The so-called "Apple tax.""It's a very unique thing to have someone who's also the richest man in the world to have the same problems that a small app developer — that maybe has one or two employees — is also experiencing," said Rick VanMeter, executive director of the industry group Coalition for App Fairness, a frequent critic of the so-called "Apple Tax.""