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Apple to Let EU iPhone Users Delete Safari and More Easily Transition to Android
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So many new and great features for EU customers and no US customers here feeling their iOS version is falling behind modern times?
Believe it or not, they are staying with an inferior iOS version with less features.
Believe it or not, they are staying with an inferior iOS version with less features.
That’s not cross-platform iMessage. That’s a multi-protocol Messages app.
That's a Hobson's Choice though.
Except that setting is turned off by default, and many of my friends don't even know it exists.
@macvicta Why do you disagree with my request for native iMessage apps on Windows and Android?
It could be a new source of revenue
It need not be free on other platforms at all!
It could be a new source of revenue
It need not be free on other platforms at all!
What sort of friend are you not handholding them about its existence? Do they need you to teach them how to read, look up what features their phone has and RTFM?
The lack of competency in the Me generation is not tragic but comical.
Yes but youll still ( until now) be using webkit ( safaris html engine), going forwarg IIRC in thevEu you wil actually be able to use browsers using third party engines. As thing where before DMA amy alt browser on Ios/ipados would just be a shell arround webkit
That’s exactly what will happen. The EU is actually trying to kill Apple, or at least merge it into Android.
I know, right? Like I should be able to demand that Ford put a Hemi in its Mustang and have an offering of paint-to-sample bright pink.
And that's the beauty of it.
There will be options if there is something specific you'd like, but also wish to stay with Apple for the 95% of the time.
But for those odd few things, or a very few folks who wish, there is an option without them needing to scrap everything Apple just for the 1 or 2 things they would like.
People seem strangely averse to "options"
I really don't understand it - at all
Apparently going to the restaurant and being force fed from only the Appetizers menu is somehow desirable for all meals at all times.
Cross platform means Apple creat iMessage app for Androi, Windowd and must be in features parity with iOS.
All I want to know is, will these changes make my device in the USA any less safe?
No, not in any way whatsoever
Nor will it enable any new wonderful flexibility for you either
(btw: App Review is protecting Apple business terms, not providing you any safety)
Now imagine if, say, dairy only restaurants were government forced to offer meat as well. Some people don't want restaurants like that. Go to the other one instead of forcing them.
Edit: typo
You don't need to install it. I am using Nova luncher on my Samsung to mimic Pixel look and it is great.
See choice is good.
Zero chance of that happening, and the EU said iMessage isn’t large enough to be forced to open up.
Sure. My devices my choice. I can install custom rom on my Pixel, this is why I buy Pixel phones.
One thing EU can do is force Apple release firmware code, so developer can make device drivers.
This is a very apt comparison. Henry Ford was well known for saying that you can buy a Ford of any color… as long as it’s black. Companies that adapt to the consumer thrive. Those that don’t die. Ford was forced to adapt since people did want other colors. But nobody but consumer demand forced that change. The last thing we want is for government to come and and demand Ford offer pink because… reasons. The DMA is forcing change for… reasons, not because there was a demand for those changes. Let the customer decide. If customers demand Apple open up, they’ll lose market share and will be forced to adapt or die. If the consumers don’t want it, why mess things up?
Americans differ from Europeans in that we have a deep distrust of government and that practically every decision they make is wrong. For those who wonder why the US isn’t going after Apple, that’s your answer. The customer is king and they will force a change if desired. Government will inevitably screw everything up and turn everything into a sh*tshow.
I really don’t care, alternative app stores don’t mean anything to me.
I’d rather have bug fixes and I’ll be happy.
Great.
Is this symmetric, so that someone who wants to move from the dominant Android platform into iOS and its native apps is just as easy?
Is this symmetric, so that someone who wants to move from the dominant Android platform into iOS and its native apps is just as easy?
We aren't averse to "options", per se. We're averse to meddling governments egregiously forcing their wills onto products we WILLINGLY purchased, (while being fully aware of the limitations) without taking ANY consideration into potential consequences.
If I wanted this mess fragmented experience that the EU is forcing...I would have gone back to Android.
Your analogy only works if only two restaurants exist (with a high barrier to entry in the market) and the other one sells all you personnel data when you cross the door.