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100% agree, an elegant solution to anti-trust would be prohibition on exclusive API access for any add-on products (watch, airplay, etc). I'm not that worried
by nr2x 6y ago
100% agree, an elegant solution to anti-trust would be prohibition on exclusive API access for any add-on products (watch, airplay, etc). I'm not that worried about the AppStore as an end-user as I like knowing I'm not downloading malware, that they are enforcing strong privacy requirements etc, but if I want to buy a non-Apple watch it should have complete compatibility with Apple Fitness, otherwise there's zero room for an honest case to be made that there isn't an abuse of dominance in one area (iOS/iPhone) to create dominance in another (wearables).
- zepto 6y agoIn this situation, as soon as Apple makes changes to any of their protocols, that would also be seen as anti-competitive behavior. How would you propose to deal with API changes?
- nr2x 6y agoLike any other API they already make public for iOS/macOS: clear communication and deprecation timelines.
- zepto 6y agoIt’s worth noting that newly introduced Apple technologies are notoriously poorly documented. See SwiftUI as an example. Half of the api surface was undocumented at release. Surely that would give them a competitive advantage. As for deprecation - why wouldn’t they deprecate as soon as they have a software update for their own supported devices?