You are looking at this from the wrong premise. This is about using the market position and share to exclude and control.
Depending on the country, there are laws and regulations about that.
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You are looking at this from the wrong premise. This is about using the market position and share to exclude and control.
Depending on the country, there are laws and regulations about that.
Not at this time. They have alternative points of sale for software unlike iOS/iPadOS.
It will eventually likely affect them.
Regarding the gasoline analogy, do the car manufacturers own IP necessary for the production or use of the gasoline at issue?
That's what's really at issue here: Whether Apple can, and in what ways Apple can, condition the use of its IP. Can Apple, e.g., require developers to only distribute iOS apps through the App Store in exchange for giving them permission to use the IP necessary to make those iOS apps work? And if they can't, can Apple still charge them - e.g., as a percentage of certain forms of monetization - for the use of the IP? (The answer to the latter question is almost certainly... yes.)
I have aways maintained that as long as companies like Apple have to pay fees and royalties for patents they use in their products that they will maintain the right to charge for use of their IP in software that runs on their systems. Some jurisdictions may run head-long into this and try to create a carve-out to prevent that in law or force a FRAND-like ceiling on fees, but they run the risk of triggering a domino effect of costly unintended consequences if they do.
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So I can sell a full file manager or video that allows porn access or a porn subscription service?
What about a true theming service?
You really need to research that Microsoft issue a bit more. Microsoft actually was caught cheating and denying access to API's they were using, if we are talking about the same angle on this issue.
Microsoft has a long history of changing the playing field depending on who you are. THAT is definitely illegal. To my knowledge, Apple isn't doing that unless you openly defy the license agreement that you signed on your free will. Microsoft cheated developers because they thought they could, not because it was in users better interests.
This is the key right here. From a legal standpoint the argument won’t hold. As much as I like Cydia, installing it is basically ethical hacking. It’s all done with user consent but it does require circumventing security measures of the OS. I want to be able to install Cydia, but not be vulnerable to software being installed at that level of control without my consent. Currently can’t have both.
It would be nice to have some of the features that give lower level access to the hardware, as even Android has taken away many of those now.
I presume the argument is that the EULA itself is illegally enforcing a monopoly, and then that the so called "security" features are also illegally enforcing a monopoly.
Two main issues, as I recall. Requiring that OEMs that sell Windows ONLY sell Windows, and bundling a browser with the operating system that can’t be removed.
Both of which Google happily does today. Last time I checked, to get Google Play Services you can’t also sell Windows Phone. Considering Google’s stated purpose with Android was to prevent Microsoft from making any money on mobile, it worked super well and no one batted an eye.
Tesla restrictions are indeed a problem. Apple is the big target. Once Apple falls, they all will fall.
You're only talking about a billion users, it's not even close to a bazillion squillion users, that's where the problems would start.
Right, but what if it wasn't a hassle, and you didn't need to jailbreak, and could simply use both the Apple and Cydia stores with ease?
Yep. They will be next. Apple is the big target. Once that crumbles, they all will.
Clearly? Nobody has made that ruling nor do I believe anyone credible is making that assertion. Not everything we dislike is “illegal” and even fewer things are anti-trust violations.
I thought Windows Phone was dead. I had a 'Windows Phone', and a banana would have been just as usable.
i really do miss having more than 4 apps on the dock . literally i usually had 5-7 apps on dock
While I agree the MS was a mess, Apple has API’s they disallow devs access to yet they use them.
Well, since you mentioned gasoline (I.e. fuel), the most applicable phone analogy is electricity. But continue anyway that was funny AF.