> The problem is that Apple's solutions are the only solutions that get to use certain technologies because they don't want other people to compete with them.

> The problem is that Apple's solutions are the only solutions that get to use certain technologies because they don't want other people to compete with them. This just misunderstands what vertical integration is about. Apple’s solutions aren’t general solutions. They are narrow solutions that work in Apple’s ecosystem. Apple hasn’t developed general solutions that other people could use. This is the whole point. It’s why they can move faster than a modular ecosystem can. This has nothing to do with not letting other people use their technologies. They don’t actually have technologies that anyone other than Apple can use.