>The article really isn't fair to Apple when it lists the "Top 20 Applications". For iOS the top 5 are: Phone, Weather, Photos, Camera, Clock. All of these apps

>The article really isn't fair to Apple when it lists the "Top 20 Applications". For iOS the top 5 are: Phone, Weather, Photos, Camera, Clock. All of these apps except for Weather maybe, I would consider essential to a smartphone. You may consider it unfair, but two of the antitrust bills making it through Congress would likely make it illegal for platform vendors to bundle any applications that could be considered "products and services". It's very unclear what would be considered "products and services" in case law, but valid argument can be made that this would prohibit the bundling of Photos, Weather and perhaps even the Clock and Phone apps on iOS. The exact text is, "it shall be unlawful for a covered platform operator to own, control, or have a beneficial interest in a line of business other than the covered platform, that utilizes the covered platform for the sale or provision of products or services[0] [0] https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1412782358659481601?s=21 https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1412782358659481601...