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Because competitors do not play the line as badly as Apple does and also because they are not trillion-dollar companies ruling every single thing that a billion
by seec 2y ago
Because competitors do not play the line as badly as Apple does and also because they are not trillion-dollar companies ruling every single thing that a billion-dollar generating platform is doing.
I am at a loss when people defend Apple that much. You can prefer their stuff and are free to stick to what they offer only, but there is no reason to prevent others making other choices and allow other manufacturers to compete on features.
Apple has to allow access to their OS so that others can interoperate with it, and that's that.
If Apple is not happy it can go into other business where interoperability is not required like say frying pan manufacturing or whatever.
But they won't because the reality is that Apple has been investing from the large supply chain and innovations of other companies since the late 90's while refusing to play ball in recent years.
In the early 2000's Apple was promoting open source and open standard, how time have changed...
- tpmoney 2y ago> there is no reason to prevent others making other choices and allow other manufacturers to compete on features. Who is preventing other people from choosing an open platform and who is preventing other manufacturers from competing on that open platform? Certainly it’s not Apple. There are no requirements that app developers exclusively publish for iOS only. There are no requirements that accessory manufacturers manufacture for iPhones only. Retailers are no required to sell exclusively either iPhones or Android phones and no one is charged any per device fees for iOS even if those devices don’t ship with iOS. How does a single manufacturer with less than half of the market share and no presence on any devices other than their own prevent other people from making different choices? > Apple has to allow access to their OS so that others can interoperate with it, and that's that. Why though? Why is it not a valid choice to sell a highly sandboxed device that limits the access developers of additional software can have to the device hardware? Why should it be illegal to sell a device where 3rd party developers can’t run their software as root?