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Apple never hid the fact that their apps work better on their devices. They have access to APIs that third parties do not have. I don’t think it’s a bad thing
by whatever1 2mo ago
Apple never hid the fact that their apps work better on their devices. They have access to APIs that third parties do not have.
I don’t think it’s a bad thing necessarily.
- user43928 2mo agoI think it's bad. You want to handle device rotation smoothly in your in-app browser? Tough luck, WebKit's _beginAnimatedResizeWithUpdates is private, and only Apple gets to use it in Safari. Good luck with the animation and scroll position handling. You better hope WkWebView's default behavior works for you, because you don't get to customize it and fix edge cases or the tab previews, like Apple did for their browser.
- groundzeros2015 2mo agoIsn’t the EU regulation specifically about this?
- intrasight 2mo agoI do think it's a bad thing and I believe the EU regulators agree. There are whole classes of applications that are not possible unless low level device data is exposed via APIs. And since Apple doesn't provide the apps, the apps won't exist until Apple creates them.
- whatever1 2mo agoMaybe some sort of 1 year lead time would be a reasonable trade off ? Like let Apple first do the move, flesh out the issues and overall viability and then require them to open the api ?
- intrasight 2mo agoI don't understand "first do the move"
- whatever1 2mo agoWhen you develop a new feature that you have barely tested, is your first step to open a public api ?
- intrasight 2mo agoI could be wrong but I assume that Apple very rigorously tests any new code added to their devices.
- dewey 2mo agoWhat makes it a "bad thing" if competitors have equal access? May the best implementation win.
- Danox 2mo agoMaybe build your own operating system? But we are very lucky there are two other superior choices out there, and they have even bigger market-share, Microsoft Windows and Linux. I keep hearing from people that they’re awesome to use so why do people care about the smallest system available worldwide? Why does anyone care what Apple does or anyone else if they decide to make their own operating system?
- dewey 2mo agoCan you share some of these Microsoft Windows and Linux phones that also run the popular apps that you often need to take part in daily life?
- tmtvl 2mo agoThe Volla 22 runs Ubuntu Touch, which lets me make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages, and it even has a browser. Everything I need for my daily life. Your daily life may vary, though.
- realusername 2mo agoYou can't because the duopoly prevents you to do it, that's why it's called a duopoly.
- whatever1 2mo agoiOS is a dominant OS with billions of users. In the US it has the majority market share of the smartphone market. So whether Apple likes it or not, now their OS is a platform and has different responsibilities compared to your hobby OS that you developed to play with, and accidentally you got 10 users.
- Nevermark 2mo agoAs has been evident in many spheres of human activity recently, being brazen about conflicts of interest, is often used as a PR shield for those conflicts. Sometimes transparency and honesty get weaponized. Especially by actors with centralized power. (Not arguing against transparency, but against misinterpreting it as always being used in good faith.)