No, I think you're destroying innovation and competition.
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Apple Gets EU Warning to Open iOS to Third-Party Connected Devices
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That will go down a lot.
They can't afford to give rivals full access to new technology, so phones sold in the EU will have a more limited feature set than in the ROW. So then I bet the EU will encourage it's people to buy Huawei or something. (And then when they get their bank account emptied it'll be funny!)
Is allowing competitor's devices to work as intended "giving away features"? Last I checked, Samsung, Garmin, et al still have to build their own product with their own technologies and manufacturing. Not like they'll be able to copy / paste the Apple Watch.
If the Apple Watch cannot compete on it's own merit, and Apple gives up on it, it would certainly be an interesting product strategy.
What company is going to spend $$ on development of a new port knowing the very tall hill to climb for it to become the new standard?
Thought experiment:
Apple invests in a new port.
Google invests in a new port.
Intel invests in a new port.
Companies X, Y and Z also invest in a new port.
Only 1 is going to win.
All will claim theirs is better and the others are terrible.
Outcome will be:
EU decides that USBC is good enough and we should hold on to the current standard, Innovation is stifled.
Or
EU bureaucrats will make a half baked decision on a new standard, probably based on lobbyist $$, and lock us all into their mess.
Lesson learned for all the losers.... don't play the game. Innovation is stifled.
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They will add new features just not for the EU.
When was Apple Watch last innovative? The blood oxygen sensor in S6? Think the other guys have that too now.
Certainly an an interesting product strategy. "No, I don't want to make a competitive product anymore"
No. I mean it's not clear what the EU really wants, a lot of this seems to be motivated by self important vindictiveness on their part. But there are ways to enable operability without opening source code. Apple sometimes deliberately makes it harder, and they definitely often don't go out of their way to make it easier. But that's also kind of their way and it has mostly worked for them. And the EU is not being very clear about what they actually want them to do, they're just making vague rules and threats that seem out of proportion.
I read this as them being a tool for Spotify, because this sounds an awful lot like their recent button complaint.
That kind of point how can they build a competitive product if they have to give everything away for free to their competitor that they build.
So, is that why you think the EU is not competitive in tech innovation these days? Because companies in the EU simply don't want to create competitive products?
Or, perhaps, it might have something to do with the regulatory environment?
Here's a link of a well-known annual list of most innovative companies in the world. Made by an American consulting group, sure. But with a German CEO:
The Most Innovative Companies in 2023
Apple tops the list.
The US has 15 of the top 20.
The EU doesn't show up till #10, and only has 1 in the top 20.
Wonder why that is...hmmm....
Nobody's explained how they're giving anything away. they just have to allow competitor products to function as intended. As of now competing smartwatches on iOS cannot even update the weather without opening their app - defeating the entire point of a smartwatch.
If Apple allowed them to function as intended from the beginning we wouldn't be arguing about it today.
When was an EU company last innovative in Smartwatches?
Any tech lawyer bro’s out there wanna explain what stops Apple just giving an open source os, choose iOS and its walls or there code your own **** ? Like allow Ubuntu for iPhone?
😂🤣😂 on what criteria is that list based. I don’t even see any Chinese brand on the list.
What innovation did Apple bring last year?
Can you use parts from another fan manufacturer to repair your fan?
Of course there are instances where standards are useful and important, but this isn’t one of them.
MacOS has a user base of approximately 100 million. iOS has a user base of approximately 1 billion. A lot more incentive to try to exploit iOS.
Monopolistic behavior kills innovation.
Huawei and BYD are #8 & 9.
This is made by the third largest Managment consultant group in the world. Keep checking. This is a legit list.
But you can simply ignore it if it conflicts with your vision of what competition and innovation in the EU are about.
I know you're kidding, but I don't even think this would satisfy the EU. They'd be upset that those who choose iOS are "stuck" using iOS that is "anti-competitive"
Apple has about 25% marketshare in the EU. Not a monopoly. Not even close.
No Apple has to open up any and all APIs they use for their products to their competitors. Who is to say what is intended. And your weather example is good case of why if my battery dying so fast on my phone there are reason Apple does some things the way they do.
BYD is Chinese and on there. Though this list also has Tesla as #2.
How does one measure "innovation" anyways?
They have the same underlying code. So anything that affects iOS is theoretically able to affect macOS and vice versa.