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> No, not all companies try to exploit their strength in one area to make me use some other product that I have no interest in. I'm not sure of any large one t
by kbenson 3y ago
> No, not all companies try to exploit their strength in one area to make me use some other product that I have no interest in.
I'm not sure of any large one that doesn't. The incentives are aligned such that it's hard for them not to. It's easy to find examples of similar (sometimes almost identical) behavior from most large companies.
- mrtksn 3y agoOkay, what other company does it? You may say Apple & App Store but that's not the same.
- tymekpavel 3y agoApple/iMessage/Safari Google/Android/Chrome/YouTube Meta/Messenger/Facebook/WhatsApp ...just to name a few.
- jrockway 3y agoI don't know if Safari is that important to Apple. I have the enhanced data security feature of iCloud turned on, and I can still access my stuff in Chrome on the iCloud web interface (via the auth flow on my phone). It's actually exceedingly well-thought out and a nice bone to throw to Windows users that otherwise use Apple stuff! They could have been Safari-only or Mac-only, but aren't, even for super niche features.
- makingstuffs 3y agoYou don’t need to use any of Facebook’s other platforms to use WhatsApp. I’ve not had a Facebook account for nigh on a decade but use WhatsApp as my main messaging app.
- kbenson 3y agoApple with iMessage onthe iPhone is about as similar as you can get, and was actually at the forefront of my mind when I wrong my comment. It's a chat platform that you have to use their product to be able to utilize.