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New EU Law Could Force Apple to Allow Other App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability
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Ok, so supposedly second blow.
I am the few who believes free market is dead and government intervention is required to restore the functionality of a market. Hoping bad player to be priced out is no longer applicable when business reaches a certain level.
Now, whether the intervention is good or bad needs time to tell. But no intervention is bad. I don’t like the idea megacorps mandating what we do on a daily basis through various means.
Before you guys scream “you have a choice”, let me introduce you to this: choice can be eliminated by pricing out smaller but more competitive players via those bigger players. Eventually, you will end up with monopoly (no choice) or duopoly (Phantom of choice). Look no further than mobileOS marketshare And see how much linux takes in the mobile market right now.
I am the few who believes free market is dead and government intervention is required to restore the functionality of a market. Hoping bad player to be priced out is no longer applicable when business reaches a certain level.
Now, whether the intervention is good or bad needs time to tell. But no intervention is bad. I don’t like the idea megacorps mandating what we do on a daily basis through various means.
Before you guys scream “you have a choice”, let me introduce you to this: choice can be eliminated by pricing out smaller but more competitive players via those bigger players. Eventually, you will end up with monopoly (no choice) or duopoly (Phantom of choice). Look no further than mobileOS marketshare And see how much linux takes in the mobile market right now.
what's going on?? they have no idea that the App Store is the safest place, not like the wild wild west of the web
Next in news: EU forces Apple to use their resources to reunite all Continents back into a Super Continent so they can be in charge of all decisions from here on out.
Apple: we’re gonna need a bigger winch.
Apple: we’re gonna need a bigger winch.
Hurry the hell up EU. I want my emulators and home screen themes already.
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Don't think Apple is going to wait till 2025 to release an iPhone with USB-C. We are getting it next year. Not even trying to deflect my own post.
Not sure where that came from.. well, I hope you have a nice day. It's a beautiful world we live in & It's a beautiful day.
I'd be very worried about 'iMessage' interoperability making it easier for governments to spy on messages. You likely can't have full E2E encryption if the messages need to get passed to another platform.
Ah yes...let the government innovate...they are so good at that.
Don't think Apple is going to wait till 2025 to release an iPhone with USB-C.
We are getting it next year. Not even trying to deflect my own post. Not sure where that came from.. well, I hope you have a nice day. It's a beautiful world we live in & It's a beautiful day.
Okay…..but your initial “feeling” about Apple/EU in this very thread is categorically wrong. Enjoy your day
IMO, security is just a red herring for Apple to maintain the hardware exclusivity that the software provides. However, I don't like that Apple, using fair and nominally consistent developer rules, is being punished for creating a strong and successful business. This was a business that was created from nothing, in a competitive environment, where no one thought they would be successful.
These types of changes portend poorly for the state of business.
The EU crushed its own industries under crippling moronic regulations, and, having done that, now seeks to constantly rent-seek and crush American industries because they have nothing home-grown that can compete.
Not until every app you care about is only available through sideloading or third party app stores.
Sideloading isn't supported and the only way to sideload currently is to hack your phone. It makes sense that there really aren't many legit sideloaded apps.
I agree that Apple created all of this, but that was long ago and now that power has grown into a huge controlling aspect. Microsoft was punished many moons ago for IE inside Windows; AppStore is no different now.
Most definitely a goal of this.
Contrary to an earlier poster, the EU only has their own power as a concern. They don't care about the peasants.
This is great news! This'll force Apple to keep innovating and we as customers get to benefit!
Another benefit: iOS will be as secure as macOS, and we get to sideload otherwise censored/blocked apps by Apple or governments. It was starting to look like a dictatorship..
Another benefit: iOS will be as secure as macOS, and we get to sideload otherwise censored/blocked apps by Apple or governments. It was starting to look like a dictatorship..
Can you name one app so appealing that you would get it even if the developer won't place it on the AppStore? Facebook?🤣🤣🤣 They already by pass Apple's safeguards. Fortnite?🤔 Well, that might happen, because of bad blood between Apple and Epic.☹️ An emulation software? Apple doesn't allow those on the AppStore, so moot point.
If Apple allowed emulators on the AppStore, I'm sure few would be interested in using a 3rd party appstore. Hail, there are more 3rd party appstores on Android than you can shake a Pixel 7 at, but I still only use the PlayStore. I only sideload stuff Google won't allow on the PlayStore.
Sounds pretty complicated waters for Apple to navigate.
But like people tell developers who push back on Apple‘s App Store cut….if you don‘t like it create your own country and do what you want.
But like people tell developers who push back on Apple‘s App Store cut….if you don‘t like it create your own country and do what you want.
Antitrust laws and regulations are meant to try to encourage/make markets fairer and more competitive. Google (Android) and Apple (iOS) pretty much own the mobile OS market and the alternative app store, sideloading, etc. DMA regulations seem appropriate under the circumstances.
iMessage supports sms which is built into all phones, whether people use it or don't, is it not? So wouldn't it be on Whatsapp and others to add sms support to their apps since that's the standard? Just like USB-C is the standard that manufacturer's are being required to adopt.
You really think a company like Apple will just renounce on a market of nearly half a billion people?
The EU really is steering the world in many ways, it's just that they do it in a subtle, soft-power manner without talking too much.