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To apple, there are 2 customers. Device owners and developers. If device owners choose to buy ios, developers are forced to build for ios. There is no "just don

To apple, there are 2 customers. Device owners and developers. If device owners choose to buy ios, developers are forced to build for ios. There is no "just don't buy from apple" from the developers pov. A quick google says there are about 1.4 billion iphones. It is unrealistic to expect developers to just "not choose apple" on such a large market. Thus the digital markets act. Walmart doesn't own the distribution channel of a platform with a double digit percentage of the world population on it.

qeternity 3y ago
None of this is illegal. Walmart is absolutely make or break for a huge number of companies. Being big and powerful isn’t a crime. > unrealistic to expect That’s true, but it changes nothing. Developers absolutely do not have to develop for iOS. That would still leave 75% of the market. It is not a monopoly. If the iPhone market is too lucrative to ignore, that’s not a competition issue. In fact it’s more supportive that Apple’s approach is pretty valuable to a lot of valuable people that developers want to sell to.
- smoldesu 3y ago
  > Developers absolutely do not have to develop for iOS. Europe absolutely does not have to sell iPhones.
  - qeternity 3y ago
    Oh right sure, the millions of people who buy iPhones in Europe every year can pound sand. The bureaucrats know better.
    - smoldesu 3y ago
      They threatened doing it before: > It was rumored in February that Apple may be planning to limit charging speeds and other functionality of USB-C cables that are not certified under its "Made for iPhone" program. […] In response to this rumor, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has sent Apple a letter warning the company that limiting the functionality of USB-C cables would not be permitted and would prevent iPhones from being sold in the EU when the law goes into effect. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/eu-warns-apple-about-limiting-usb-c-iphone-cables/ https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/eu-warns-apple-about-li... > The bureaucrats know better. Than the corporations? Yes.

qeternity 3y ago

None of this is illegal. Walmart is absolutely make or break for a huge number of companies. Being big and powerful isn’t a crime. > unrealistic to expect That’s true, but it changes nothing. Developers absolutely do not have to develop for iOS. That would still leave 75% of the market. It is not a monopoly. If the iPhone market is too lucrative to ignore, that’s not a competition issue. In fact it’s more supportive that Apple’s approach is pretty valuable to a lot of valuable people that developers want to sell to.

smoldesu 3y ago
> Developers absolutely do not have to develop for iOS. Europe absolutely does not have to sell iPhones.
- qeternity 3y ago
  Oh right sure, the millions of people who buy iPhones in Europe every year can pound sand. The bureaucrats know better.
  - smoldesu 3y ago
    They threatened doing it before: > It was rumored in February that Apple may be planning to limit charging speeds and other functionality of USB-C cables that are not certified under its "Made for iPhone" program. […] In response to this rumor, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has sent Apple a letter warning the company that limiting the functionality of USB-C cables would not be permitted and would prevent iPhones from being sold in the EU when the law goes into effect. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/eu-warns-apple-about-limiting-usb-c-iphone-cables/ https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/eu-warns-apple-about-li... > The bureaucrats know better. Than the corporations? Yes.