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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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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.

Why don't you set up her iphone as a managed device so you can stop her from doing that?

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

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post #44
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 just fine - there are lots of viruses. But it is much easier to install an iPhone app than a program on your computer, so it is definitely more likely.

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

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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?

Yes it is, so it isn't really comparable to what Apple is doing.

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

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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?

but most dont

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

#58

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!

I doubt it can be if more apps are allowed. E.g. allowing one browser means they can control very tightly the performance characteristics of it and any other apps that use its renderer. If third party browsers are allowed then it's much harder to do that.

I know Android does it, but Android's got many years of experience doing it, and it's generally not as smooth as iOS.

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

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post #54
post #21

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

Those are not considered general purpose computing devices under the current legislation, so no. It's currently targeted at mobile phones.

Isn't this going to try and turn iPhones into general purpose computing devices? Currently they're much more locked down than that.

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

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There's always one like you.

Is it not a valid question? Very curious.

If it weren't valid, the previous commenter would attack the question, not the person writing the question.
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