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That's why the suit will probably fail in the end. In terms of app selection, Android is not inferior to iOS. People aren't choosing Apple's products because th
by chungleong 7y ago
That's why the suit will probably fail in the end. In terms of app selection, Android is not inferior to iOS. People aren't choosing Apple's products because they have no other choice. They're buying them BECAUSE Apple has tighter control over the platform. If the company conducts a survey asking iPhone users if they want Play Store on their phone, I suspect the vast majority would vote no. The choice to install malware isn't one that people want.
- anfilt 7y agoSorry since when is a closed platform a good choice? No one is saying you have to use an other App store. Apple is saying you can't even someone wants to. The only option is to Jailbreak your own device. Yes your own device not Apples.
- michaelmrose 7y agoNobody is asking specifically if the majority of users want to specifically install the play store on their phones so answering a question nobody asked in the first place isn't terribly relevant. The question is if the way Apple controlled the market fell afoul of legal standards in a way that effected makers and users. If this is deemed so it would be true regardless of what percentage of users would install apps from a third party store.
- chungleong 7y agoYou're begging the question. Whether Apple in fact controls the market is the key point of contention here. If the company is simply responding to market demand then there is no credible theory of harm. I don't have any hard data but anecdotal evidences indicate people want more curation of apps, not less.