Apple did initially claim Facetime would be an open standard. > Upon the launch of the iPhone 4, Jobs stated that Apple would immediately start working with st

Apple did initially claim Facetime would be an open standard. > Upon the launch of the iPhone 4, Jobs stated that Apple would immediately start working with standards bodies to make the FaceTime protocol an "open industry standard". claims Wikipedia. Other websites also highlight the "open standard" it was supposed to become: [1]: http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/facetime-open-standard-never-happened/2012-12-06 http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/facetime-open-standard-... [2]: https://redd.it/1xuzif https://redd.it/1xuzif [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2605498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2605498 [4]: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4547345?start=0&tstart=0 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4547345?start=0&tstart=... [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime