Apple CEO Tim Cook Likens Competition for Attracting Developers to a 'Street Fight for Market Share' in Smartphone Business

[LeadingHeat]

Well to be fair they only have 5 minutes. And sometimes they just wanted a Yes or No. Not an essay response.

I mean why waste time like this:

"Did you sign the papers to approve acquiring company X?"

"Thank you congressman, I like this question. Here at Company X we like to do X Y Z ABC."

Just say Yes or No!

Yeah I definitely saw that too. I kind of chuckled when the head of the subcommittee said (paraphrasing) “we all acknowledge that you’re thankful to be here and that these are good questions. So just skip that part and get to the point” 😂

 

[TracesOfArsenic]

Apple doesn't retaliate, they would go down fast if that were in fact the case. Every move, I'm sure is run through their internal and external counsel.
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So you need to go back to some minor example 10 years ago...and a citation that has some credibility would help.

Apple has "sherlocked" enough software for it to be easy enough to find evidence. Just google "Apple sherlock" and enjoy your read.

 

[Abazigal]

Apple has "sherlocked" enough software for it to be easy enough to find evidence. Just google "Apple sherlock" and enjoy your read.

By that logic, Apple will never be able to update any of their apps ever because any new feature they do introduce will likely have already existed in some other app somewhere.

For example, Duet wasn’t even the first app to let me use my iPad as a secondary display with my Mac. None of these apps were really innovative or original in themselves (except for the first one maybe), so what’s wrong with Apple hopping on the bandwagon and making the feature accessible to more of their own users?

 

[I7guy]

Apple has "sherlocked" enough software for it to be easy enough to find evidence. Just google "Apple sherlock" and enjoy your read.

Is “Apple Sherlock” related to “android Sherlock”?

 

[DrBwell]

Have there been examples of Apple creating an app directly for profit based on another app that looks successful?

I've seen Apple buy companies with apps they like, and I've seen Apple bundle new apps into their OS (which I suppose indirectly encourages HW sales), but I feel like most of the Apple entries have been aimed at improving user experience.

And it's not like there aren't a ton of knock off apps splayed across the AppStore that aren't developed by Apple Inc. Frankly, I'd like Apple to somehow take a stronger hand in pruning away the knock offs. Not sure exactly how to do that, and "knock off" is rather subjective, but the proliferation of tiny, crappy, apps is an indication to me that the AppStore reduces rather than increases friction to market.


I'm not watching, so didn't hear the comment, but could he have meant "shelf placement"?

They do the same thing with apps that are created by the jailbreak developers. I’m not d see you’re if the steal their technology or buy it from them. Look at dark mode and a new one coming out for iOS 14, like a jailbreak “call bar xs”. The new iOS has that application built into it.

 

[Analog Kid]

They do the same thing with apps that are created by the jailbreak developers. I’m not d see you’re if the steal their technology or buy it from them. Look at dark mode and a new one coming out for iOS 14, like a jailbreak “call bar xs”. The new iOS has that application built into it.

I'm not sure I'd call dark mode (which is a natural power saver on OLED displays) or making incoming calls look like a standard notification "stolen technologies".

It still feels like design language that's being shared around. Wasn't Dark Mode a standard Android look before Mac OS and later iOS picked it up?

 

[TracesOfArsenic]

Is “Apple Sherlock” related to “android Sherlock”?

Second cousins, so it's fine.

 

[I7guy]

Second cousins, so it's fine.

Thought they were more like brothers.
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I'm not sure I'd call dark mode (which is a natural power saver on OLED displays) or making incoming calls look like a standard notification "stolen technologies".

It still feels like design language that's being shared around. Wasn't Dark Mode a standard Android look before Mac OS and later iOS picked it up?

Not to mention windows.