The App Store will continue to be Apple's IP, and their complete control of said store would not be affected if hypothetical third-party stores became available.
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Apple Protests Call for Third-Party App Stores and Lower Platform Fees in Japan
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The App Store will continue to be Apple's IP, and their complete control of said store would not be affected if hypothetical third-party stores became available.
Why did Microsoft have to open up its platform to other browsers? Why did AT&T have to open up its telephone network to competitors? Why were other companies allowed to benefit off their work?
And Apple has repeatedly said that the approach to iOS was a clean slate where they could address legacy problems that existed on the Mac. Privacy/security was one of those legacy problems.
You did acknowledge it. How is submitting every streaming title for approval, potentially thousands of titles, not onerous? There's a reason MS and Google decided not to launch an app, even though they wanted to. Apple can control the App Store all they want. Nobody is trying to control it. What they're being told is that they cannot prevent others from opening up their own stores.
Right, because contrary to what you said earlier, Apple does in fact control which software can and cannot be installed on an iPhone.
Why do people always bring gaming consoles into this? They need to wait their turn.
For now it is businesses like Apple/Google/etc that are being looked at.
Apple would still get to control their own App store and their own IP. They just wouldn't get to control everyone else's app store and IP (which is what they do right now).
Except Apple also touts the privacy/security of the Mac, despite it allowing sideloading.
Does Sams/Walmart have to allow any product that wants to be on their shelves into their store?
Apple and Google had plenty of time and plenty of warning that regulations like this were coming.
It boggles the mind on why they were not proactive.
Nobody is asking to force Apple to allow everything into their store. They're asking for Apple to stop being allowed to keep others from opening up a store down the road.
? Ohh look another country that is seeking for a competitive digital economy…
There are not many countries left for Apple to leave…
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There are not many countries left for Apple to leave…
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I never acknowledged anything regarding anti-competitive practices. I acknowledged that Apple wants control over the App Store and not the internet. MS wasn't prevented from offering their game streaming service to iOS/iPhone users. And Microsoft always had the opportunity to release their 1st party games through the App Store before game streaming services were even viable on mobile. Did they do that? No, they chose to limit their 1st party games to Windows and Xbox.
Digital sales have no resale, for any platform, but Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, got paid for the first time a game got sold, and they are all switching to digital distribution. Side loading would allow for developers to put products on iOS without Apple getting paid for the platform they created.
I'm not advocating lack of choice, iOS App Store has more apps than PlayStore. I'm advocating for lack of choice on where you can get apps, as a selling point.
With as widespread and far-reaching as this pushback against Apple is, it's almost like there's some merit to this or something. ?♂️
Apple has stated that the Mac is less secure than iOS and also provided the data to prove it.
Does Walmart restrict you from shopping at other stores?
Apple will maintain control over their app store. That's not at issue here.
Do you honestly think that the whole world runs on US style laws and regulations?
The issue goes back to what I originally posted: if a single store on iOS is anti-competitive versus 3rd party stores on Android/Windows/Mac, why aren't governments providing basic comparisons between them for prices, quality, selection and customer satisfaction? Answer: because they know it wouldn't support the anti-competitive claims.
I expect the whole world to be able to make basic price, quality, selection and satisfaction comparisons between platforms they consider to be anti-competitive versus ones they consider to be competitive.
They could maybe get around it by making an android OS port for iphone so customers have to choose either be in apples ecosystem or googles but by being able to swap OS's maybe that would get around the problem. I wouldn't think many people would choose to run android on an iphone so apple wins overall.
IBM was subjected to a 1956 consent decree that lasted 40 years and required them to adopt policies that benefited their competitors.
Keyword in that is the number 2. Also everything you can do on a phone you can do on a computer.
I love that people defend gaming consoles being closed there is all these benefits to having an open iOS but not consoles! You don't matter gamers! My iPhone is my life.
Sorry it's all or nothing. You can sideload on phones when you can sideload on consoles. Going to be great to have Steam on PS5.
When the topic is "closed digital marketplaces" instead of the Apple App Store I'll listen others will listen and you will have more support. Until that's the phrase used in all these discussions then the argument has an agenda. I'm tired of this we want to regulate Kroger but not Costco because no one needs Costco.
Fight to make a real change on something instead of hurt Apple they have lots of money!
I suggest you take a serious look at the current Android world.
This is worst case if Apple just copies Android. I am quite sure they could come up with a far more equitable solution.
As we have seen snippets of code in the 15.5 beta releases os "sideloading" I suspect they are working on some kind of initial draft solution.