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EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

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Re: EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

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Post by paxys »

astrange wrote: post #22
smithcoin wrote: post #5

I for one am excited at the prospect that I might be able to install Firefox with ublock origin on my iPhone.

You won't, because once Chrome becomes available it will kill every other browser vendor.

Chrome is available (and dominant) on desktop yet Firefox and a dozen other alternatives are doing just fine. There's no reason why it shouldn't be the same on iOS.

Re: EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

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Post by ssklash »

ROFISH wrote: post #35

Good! I'm looking forward to having to uninstall a crypto miner on my mom's phone because it told her the only way to play a slots app is to allow third-party apps.

The "won't someone think of my mom" argument. Somehow we get by just fine on x86 with arbitrary software being allowed, but for IOS it's unthinkable?

Re: EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

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Post by robertlagrant »

jjoonathan wrote: post #32
account-5 wrote: post #9

About time. Never understood how apple seemed immune to this when the likes of Google and Microsoft were targeted for their monopolistic behaviour.

Yes, but we need more anti-trust for all of them. Edge has been repeating the old Explorer tricks and Google pay-for-play is even worse (if Apple didn't get a cut, would they be as willing to push the increasingly ad-infested google search?)

Google's thing is just a default, no? Consumers can change it?

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Post by kiratp »

ssklash wrote: post #44
ROFISH wrote: post #35

Good! I'm looking forward to having to uninstall a crypto miner on my mom's phone because it told her the only way to play a slots app is to allow third-party apps.

The "won't someone think of my mom" argument. Somehow we get by just fine on x86 with arbitrary software being allowed, but for IOS it's unthinkable?

We don't get by fine on x86. That is the whole point here. My non-technical family are able to make their iOS devices "just work" with 0 support.

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Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF »

olliej wrote: post #21

Does this apply to PlayStations, Xbox, Nintendos, etc?

Logically, probably. They may choose to change their operations based on this ruling because they could expect a similar ruling against them in the future. I would personally expect them to continue operating as they do until/unless there is a such a ruling.

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Post by SpaceManNabs »

barelysapient wrote: post #7

I guess iPhone will soon be as awesome and open as Android!

as long as the first party iOS experience is still solid, I don't care. If apple has to prevent updates / services to 1p services because 3p cannot keep up, then I'd be pretty incensed. There is a reason i left android last year!
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