That is different because Spotify are an app maker
Not an OS maker there is a difference
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Not an OS maker there is a difference
This thread and a few others must have thousands of posts answering the above. A very succinct version of these responses is that in some people’s minds it is wrong.
They are not an app maker. They are a for profit streaming service who delivers digital sound content using a variety of standards technologies.
If you as a company don’t want to give people the ability to work better on your OS and want to keep them for your own products
Then don’t let 3rd parties on your platform them
Exactly they are not an OS maker there is a difference don’t allow companies on your platform them treat them like 2nd class citizens
Nope. They are paying for space on apples infrastructure. Resources Spotify doesn’t own.“Second class citizens” is a hyperbolic response.
Nonsense. Government overreach is government overreach. Can’t put lipstick on a pig.
If you’re not willing to allow 3rd parties access to better connectivity on your platform
Then don’t allow them on then
Or else it’s fake competition
Doesn’t matter. What is fake competition is what the eu did. Give a slice of apples success to freeloaders.
So the EU are creating fake competition by having all headphone manufacturers the same access to iOS as AirPods do
So that in turn increases competition in that category because then they all have the same access to the operating system
So then they all compete on different things for customers cash
Then don’t let them on the platform then if you don’t want them to have proper access to tools on the OS that you provide to Apple Music then
Again. I am using Bose headphones right now. They do everything AirPods can do with one exception. I happen to think they are better than AirPods. The free market is working. Explain how it's "fake competition" if users can buy and use superior products made by other manufacturers?
Why doesn't the EU force Bose to give Apple its noise cancellation algorithm. It's not fair Apple can't compete with it.
Exactly.
It’s fake competition because the headphone manufacturers didn’t learn or pay Apple for access. It was given to them.
Fake competition.
Because they are not the operating system maker that’s why
If you are not prepared to allow 3rd parties the same access to the OS as your own products then don’t allow them on your platform just restrict them like you do with other things
Why. They opt in willingly. Pay the $99 willingly. Publish an app willingly. They get the same rights as others. There is no issue.
What you cite is a fake issue.
Please stop breaking my response into separate parts so you can cherry pick a response
If you’re not prepared to allow 3rd parties the same access to the OS then don’t let them on the platform then
Irrelevant. As a third party you knew the rules. Sign up or not. Have a good business plan or not. But don’t move the goal posts.
It’s a fake issue. They can use driver kit. And if they don’t like it go somewhere else.
- use the web
- use embedded systems
- develop your own radio
- use a not for iOS olatform
Oh wait….
Well buddy to come full circle the DMA is overreach, which gives away Apple assets for free. Freeloaders can use it. That’s a fact.
The wsj published an article in innovation in the eu. It was abysmal. And in part the DMA reflects the problems the eu faces.