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There's an infinite rabbit hole of "why can't..." extending to every platform. Apple's value proposition has never been about customizability.
by millstone 8y ago
There's an infinite rabbit hole of "why can't..." extending to every platform. Apple's value proposition has never been about customizability.
- m463 8y agoAlthough you're right about the rabbit hole, this isn't about customizability. In relation to antitrust, if apple apps get preferential treatment it's a problem. Maybe a more direct comparison would be apple bundling music, compared to Microsoft bundling IE in US vs Microsoft.
- millstone 8y agoIn US vs Microsoft, MS was accused of strong-arming OEMs into shipping IE instead of Netscape. The point was to permit OEMs to decide what software to preinstall on their own systems. Apple doesn't license iOS so they can hardly be said to be strong-arming any OEM. Now if Apple Music were wildly successful on Android and Apple was demanding that Samsung bundle Apple News in order to ship Apple Music, that would be a different story....