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You won't, because once Chrome becomes available it will kill every other browser vendor.
how? I can still install Firefox on desktop and android despite chrome’s dominance.
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.
I think it is nice to have a choice of a walled off platform. If I wanted a "more open" platform, I would get an Android phone. There are plenty of amazing Android phones.
I choose the tradeoff of Apple's curation.
Yes, I cannot run arbitrary software and sometimes it is a disadvantage. Yes, I don't agree with all of the App Store rules all of the time. Yes, I don't think the App Store revenue split is entirely fair.
However, I absolutely love that all the developers including the likes of Meta or Uber have to bow down to Apple's rules, which are mostly beneficial to me. I don't want to download apps from alternative app stores. I want them to be available in App Store and to be submitting to all of the curation rules.
Perhaps it might seem ridiculous to you, but I want to have the freedom to choose a closed ecosystem as long as there is a good alternative.
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On the other hand, I think jailbreaking shouldn't void warranty. Also, I might be fine with a regulation that forces Apple to release an "official jailbreak". But that policy should then also apply to PlayStation, X-box, Tesla infotainment, etc.
I don't understand if this is an ask or a demand backed by the power of the EU.
I for one look forward to there being a franken iphone in EU covered with ads and malware. Apple should give them exactly what they want. Every major software company will have their own app store for their apps. It will be glorius!
This idea that without a tightly controlled monopoly enforced by digital locks, the world will immediately devolve into chaos. On my phone I can install proprietary apps from Google's store, or open source apps from F-droid. What's wrong with having choice?
It is understandable why Apple wants to keep its current grip on iOS indefinitely. What I don't understand is why some people defend it, on this very forum! One commenter simultaneously defended gay marriages - "if you don't like gay marriages, don't get married to gays" - and defended the Apple's monopoly - "I like that there is only one Appstore and developers won't force me to sideload".
The one thing that I know, for sure, is that Apple users are valued a hell of a lot more, by crooks, than Android and Windows users. Those folks are probably rubbing their hands in glee (I would not be surprised if quite a few of them, are on this very forum).
Should be interesting...
Does this apply to PlayStations, Xbox, Nintendos, etc?
Current iOS browser situation is quite a joke. Recently they added possibility for other browsers to "Add page to Home Screen". But this shortcut later opens in Safari...
Indeed, it will be so great when web developers can just force everyone to use chrome.
I for one look forward to there being a franken iphone in EU covered with ads and malware. Apple should give them exactly what they want. Every major software company will have their own app store for their apps. It will be glorius!
Protections against malware are the job of the operating system not an app store. And I don't understand the point about ads. The vast majority of apps currently available on the app store is already plastered with ads?