"Apple claims that allowing sideloading and alternative app stores effectively opens the door for malware, fraud, scams, and other harmful content."
Everyone by now knows that this is flat out bulls**t. Apple are only crying because they lose some money with this.
You suggested that MS chose an Intel CPU due to a partnership, which is likely. I added that another point of consideration for MS might have been the availability of AMD CPUs. They wouldn't want to design a product around them, and then not be able to make the product because they can't get enough CPUs.
Apple copied Cydia with its App Store. The first iPhone had no App Store and Apple planned it to run 3d party webapps exclusively with no native apps except Apple's. They saw how Cydia and unofficial native apps became popular, so they've made it harder to jailbreak and install Cydia on iPhones and released their own App Store.
So, there was an alternative iOS app store before Apple's own App Store. I know this because I'd gifted the very first iPhone to my wife and tinkered with it a lot. If not for Cydia, the iPhone wouldn't be what it is now.
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