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This is a bad faith argument: an operating system is fundamentally different from an application.
by axlee 6y ago
This is a bad faith argument: an operating system is fundamentally different from an application.
- ogre_codes 6y agoNot at all. What is Apple's monopoly? It is not in Smartphones, they barely have 50% share. Their monopoly is on access to iOS users. You cannot claim iOS is a monopoly without saying the same thing about Facebook. Facebook has a monopoly on Facebook users.
- shuckles 6y agoWeb browsers are applications where similar arguments apply. Facebook once had thousands of 3rd party applications running on their platform and has steadily removed support for most of them. I’m not asking on behalf of a random weather app; I’m asking on behalf of an application with more users than iOS. I don’t think there’s a universe where Apple removes Facebook from the App Store. At that point, why are you a mere app developer or why should you be treated as such? As an aside, I’m asking the question very sincerely. I’m always open to more developer platforms - it’s in my professional interest.