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> 1: Enable users to set default app preferences. Fine, but really Maps and Email is pretty much the only one I care about. This is the best suggestion of the
by _ph_ 6y ago
> 1: Enable users to set default app preferences.
Fine, but really Maps and Email is pretty much the only one I care about. This is the best suggestion of the bunch.
That is what you care about, others might care about other default apps. That's why it should be freely configurable.
> 3: Allow sideloading of iOS apps.
I don't think we have a problem with lack of iOS apps. In fact I wish App Store Review was stricter and took more issue with quality and dodgy business practices (i.e. excessive and addictive use of IAP).
Of course there is a scarcity of iOS apps. Specifically, a scarcity of good quality apps which introduce new capabilities. There is no scarcity of candy crush clones etc. But the way Apple handles the App Store, drives developers into developing me-too clones with in-app purchases.
> 4: Give third-party developers equal access to APIs.
What this is asking for is for Apple to effectively release features later or not at all. Or have some even more draconian App Store rules. I don't want every random app having full hardware access to spy on me as it pleases.
There might be a few APIs, where limiting public access is justified. In most cases, we are talking about access to useful and uncritical APIs. The more Apple limits access to these APIs, the more harm they do to the App eco system.
- ubermonkey 6y ago>That's why it should be freely configurable. This seems really, really entitled to me. There already IS a platform you can use that you can fiddle and tweak to your heart's content in Android. Apple's iOS is different, and runs on maybe 1/4 of the phones that Android does. One feature of the Apple ecosystem is this walled garden effect. By what logic do you seek to compel this non-monopoly to make changes to their business model?
- _ph_ 6y agoI don't know whether this fallacy has already a name, but it should. Just because I think something could be improved about iOS, doesn't mean I didn't choose the platform I am using with care. Nor do I think that the business model of Apple is in danger, just because I can make a setting in which app to open a certain URL for example. Actually, as I am still a great fan of Apple, I think some of the suggestions have the potential to improve the business model of Apple.
- ubermonkey 6y agoI guess what I mean is that arguing that Apple should be forced to do this is entitled. You can want it all you want. That's not entitled to me. I do not think they will do it, because I do not think it will improve their business model, but as long as you're not arguing that they should be compelled to do it I have no issue.