Good. Then Apple can spend some of their 30% further securing iOS if they want to keep market share.
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Apple to Let EU Users Set New Defaults for Multiple Apps, Delete App Store, Photos, Messages and More
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Good. Then Apple can spend some of their 30% further securing iOS if they want to keep market share.
Wait a minute ... I need to sit down
So you're saying I could buy a little handheld computer and do whatever I want with it?
Like I'd buy it ... and actually own it?
whoa...
Mind...Blown...
A photos app shouldn’t be more deeply ingrained than any other app. Photo management has nothing to do with the OS. And once alternative apps are on the same footing as Apple’s app, why should users not be able to delete the latter for more storage space and a less cluttered app library? People delete default-installed apps on other OSs as well.
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Yes, that over-processing starts looking like an overdose of a makeup, compared to Samsung shots, for example.
Can you suggest any good free current alternatives?
No kidding, right?
I'd love for some real competition in this space
I'm willing to pay for Photo management, storage and syncing .. but only Apple gets my money for it right now since they've locked it down so much on iOS
I use it reluctantly due to the integration ... I think the Photos app mostly sucks
“I’m glad the EU made it easier for malware developers in the name of protecting consumers” is certainly an interesting take.
Totally neglecting how Apple Maps survived so long with ****** data with the only reason for that being you could not set Google maps as default …
Android is a designated gatekept core platform service just like iOS. The same rules apply. Maybe Apple is just more proactive in this particular instance.
There is nothing wrong with an ecosystem as such, it will just offer you more choice. Just like macOS, where you can download and use any web browser, video player, etc. Apple default apps will still be there, yet Apple may need to work harder to make users actually like them.
Makes sense. Will be really interesting to see if Google allows the removal of Chrome and Play Store from their OS, seeing as so many core elements of the OS rely on those two applications/services.
Apple is definitely not forcing anyone to change those apps, you will just be allowed to do so at your own risk. I will stick to those apps, I bought an iPhone because Apple has been making those choices and for me it’s much easier and more user friendly.
The only problem with this whole story will be that I will need to spend more time setting up the phones for my family, who doesn’t care about choosing among all the possible options in the world, and eventually fixing their phone when they click on malicious links which will install malware.
The only problem with this whole story will be that I will need to spend more time setting up the phones for my family, who doesn’t care about choosing among all the possible options in the world, and eventually fixing their phone when they click on malicious links which will install malware.
businesses that want to make porn apps for a few people to download. /s
Apple put themselves into a vetting role for software on 3rd party stores, as seen with the UTM SE thing from a few weeks ago. Will Apple let malware slip through out of spite or something?
Apple should just cut to the chase, ship iOS in the EU with zero apps preinstalled. At first boot present a list of all the choices for each category…. And one choice to just install all of Apple apps with a single click.
People like you seem to think all the EU does is regulate Apple. That's like .0001 of what they do. The brought a free market between countries, helped prevent war, got rid of borders and they pour a massive amount of money into infrastructure and other projects in countries that alone could never afford it.
Finally the dream of a dumb smartphone will soon realize: a device that takes no picture, receives no messages, gets no emails, plays no music or videos, has no apps and doesn’t make a phone call.
At least they can brag battery will last days on their large clock.
Unless you can also remove the clock app…
At least they can brag battery will last days on their large clock.
Unless you can also remove the clock app…
I like most of the changes being made and wish (a little) that they’d come to the US too. But I think it’s disgusting that the EU, UK, and other countries are forcing this against Apple. It’s one thing for the company to make the choice on their own, but it’s a whole other for governments forcing them to do it. Repulsive.
Make it easier and faster, at boot two choices
🔲 Apple iPhone
🔲 Blank iPhone then waste your time going through all the possible choices
And also the reason this doesn't make much sense—Photos is so deeply integrated that deleting the app is bound to cause issues, unless and until Apple rearchitects iOS to allow it.
Nothing has changed with Apple's vertical integration here. Users can leave the defaults exactly as they are now. What the EU is doing is preventing gatekeepers from using vertical integration as a tool for blocking out competition.
The intention is to transfer money from one large corporation to another large corporation.
You are completely correct about it not being for end users. Apple will hurt end users with higher costs and the other corporations will pocket the new profit and not lower costs.
I believe that in the original concept of iPhone there were apps chosen to represent the user experience that Apple wanted to give to “reinvent the phone”. Those were: Phone, Messages, Photos, iPod, Browser and Mail.
That’s the reason why they are so deeply integrated, it’s the core of the smartphone experience that differentiates the iPhone.
Apple Maps > Google Maps. Even engineers from Uber has data showing Apple Maps from several years ago having more accurate estimates than Waze/Gmaps.