The main takeaway from the article is: > The FTC will closely scrutinize any claims that competition must be impeded to advance privacy or security. While App

The main takeaway from the article is: > The FTC will closely scrutinize any claims that competition must be impeded to advance privacy or security. While Apple has frequently made the claims that the FTC is now scrutinizing, I think a more likely outcome is that Apple will be compelled to remove restrictions from iOS and the App Store that are found to be anticompetitive. The Apple restriction that applies most to Beeper is the fact that iOS and the App Store disallow third-party SMS/MMS apps. If iPhone users gain the ability to choose a default SMS/MMS app other than Apple's Messages, iPhone users would be able to make their default messenger app Beeper (Beeper Cloud) or a wide range of messengers that also support SMS/MMS on Android. These alternatives don't lock iPhone users in to iMessages, which doesn't support anything other than Apple devices. These alternatives also don't mark SMS/MMS with the green bubbles that have been stigmatized by some U.S. iPhone users as a result of that platform lock-in.