Really? Your life is so empty that attempting to catch anonymous message board members using an alt-store, because they have been FORCED to via legislation, completes you? That is pathetic. The day may come where we have no choice, at least today there is a choice, stick with the iOS store or jailbreak and sideload.... or buy an Android.
There is a huge difference between someone coming out against alt-stores and alt-payment processors because they prefer the privacy and convenience of a one-stop-shop versus those that become forced to do so because legislation fragmented the marketplace.
Many folks on the pro alt-stores side of this debate tell the rest of us "just don't load apps from other stores if you don't want too" but you all fail to address the eventual fragmentation of the current single marketplace. Just like the Mac side, in a world with alt-stores some devs will go it alone, some devs will join larger stores like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Steam, etc. via exclusive distribution deals and and abandon the Apple store completely thereby eliminating my choice to not use alt-stores.
I prefer the iOS platform the way it is because of privacy and convenience. Unfortunately I am not afforded the same marketplace on my Mac so I am forced to use alt-stores and alt-payments if I want or need an app, this does not in any way challenge my convictions on iOS as I have no choice. I find the iOS marketplace far superior to the Mac and would vote for the Mac store to operate the exact same way.
At the very least I would want devs, as part of the dev agreement, to be forced to offer apps and payments via the iOS store as well as alt-stores, guarantee me that and maybe we can talk.