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the key point i see is exclude competitor, something it does not look like they are actively doing.. The problem is that making something new in the mobile OS

the key point i see is exclude competitor, something it does not look like they are actively doing.. The problem is that making something new in the mobile OS market at this points is borderline impossible for anyone that is not already huge with virtually unlimited money supply.. to start you will need to make an OS on par on UX, usability and resources with iOS and Android that had more then a decade of interactions to reach where they are.. After that if you do not want to face same the problem that everyone else that tried faced, no apps because no users and no users because no apps, you will also need make apps for the main third-parties that everyone want as well or convince them to do it for your new system.. All of that just to get started.. it is basically impossible at this point in time.. surely it could happen but it is more likely that someone that has the resources to go for an android-based device then to start something new..

heavyset_go 6y ago
> the key point i see is exclude competitor, something it does not look like they are actively doing.. Apple is certainly excluding all mobile app distribution competitors on their OS by leveraging their dominance in the mobile OS market to prevent competition. Google prevents mobile app distribution competitors from competing with the Play Store on feature parity because because user installable 3rd party mobile app stores cannot implement automatic upgrades, background installation of apps, or batch installs of apps like the Play Store can.
- tmottabr 6y ago
  those are services, not mobile os that is was i was refering to.. so that is beside the point i was making.. sure they do not allow third-party stores, but they also do not exclude you to use their store to sell your apps.. for the people complaining about not being able to use their own apps without dev account.. not allowing people to hurt themselves is a design choice for apple, if you want flexibility go android.. also third-party stores is a two edge sword, it allow user more control but also allow you to harm yourself more.. this is why android is a shit show of malware while in ios this is much less of a problem, although to be far it does happen from time to time.. apple will just use the card that third party stores harm their users.. and that you can just use their app store.. that is why they do not allow third party stores and likely never will..

heavyset_go 6y ago

> the key point i see is exclude competitor, something it does not look like they are actively doing.. Apple is certainly excluding all mobile app distribution competitors on their OS by leveraging their dominance in the mobile OS market to prevent competition. Google prevents mobile app distribution competitors from competing with the Play Store on feature parity because because user installable 3rd party mobile app stores cannot implement automatic upgrades, background installation of apps, or batch installs of apps like the Play Store can.

tmottabr 6y ago
those are services, not mobile os that is was i was refering to.. so that is beside the point i was making.. sure they do not allow third-party stores, but they also do not exclude you to use their store to sell your apps.. for the people complaining about not being able to use their own apps without dev account.. not allowing people to hurt themselves is a design choice for apple, if you want flexibility go android.. also third-party stores is a two edge sword, it allow user more control but also allow you to harm yourself more.. this is why android is a shit show of malware while in ios this is much less of a problem, although to be far it does happen from time to time.. apple will just use the card that third party stores harm their users.. and that you can just use their app store.. that is why they do not allow third party stores and likely never will..