I want the camera app to open my messages app and my messages app to open the browser. When will the EU make this possible?
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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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Thank god I’m in the US. If I wanted android I’d buy an android.
Hah! Apple certainly didn't create the poorly thought out regulations in the DMA. I certainly think regulation is necessary, but that doesn't justify poor regulation.
Yeah, but don’t care and they will try to keep control until the government makes them change their OS
I've never had a product in my lifetime that haven't worked right out of the box. Then again I don't ever buy cheap crap and have expensive expectations.
If you want the rights and privileges of EU citizenship, then yes, you should move to the EU. If you want the features and capabilities of an Android device, then you should buy an Android device.
Microsoft sets the price of the xbox
If they priced it a number that makes them money on what's actually being sold (hardware) and nobody buys it..
Guess what..
They don't have a viable product
That's...exactly how this is supposed to work
A successful product can not and should not come from "forced bundling"
(the only reason console makers get away with any of this is the product category and how non-essential it is compared to what smartphones have become)
All of this is happening cause government insists that smartphones (and tablets in the future) are General Purpose Computing Devices of today. And they are not wrong. But there has to be some middle ground.
I'm a small fry iOS developer who has removed all EU countries from my app sales. I recommend all iOS app developers do the same.
I see it well. Apple must improve native applications. For example, I always used google maps, but I have switched to apple maps this year due to the great improvement (detailed view, indications...). And now I always use Apple Maps because of the improvement.
Better yet, force Apple to sell Android devices alongside iPhones. Why should the EU consumer live in a tyranny of proprietary sales!?
Apple has plenty of competition. Android fills the demand for customization that Apple does not offer. Consumers in the EU already have a choice here, they don’t need the nanny government forcing Apple’s hand when Apple’s competitors already have the market.
Exactly what the EU wants here. Apple created iPhone as a platform for Apple software and Apple services. Now Apple is expected to play host to their competition’s revenue streams!
Very harsh. I buy apple products for their services. I can install Brave anyway. Why make this UX so complicated.
a citizen of EU here: I’m not going to delete any of Apple apps. I’m simply happy with what I have except of Maps. I still prefer Google Maps.
Agreed!
That's why you have a choice between iOS or Android
If you don't like the walled garden approach that Apple has with iOS, then simple, go Android
I can't believe arguments like this are still going on
I speak on behalf of millions who live in this continent , force Apple to install Android OS in our iPhones
Do it you EU !
Do it you EU !
I'm looking forward to seeing people inevitably, (Tech illiterate folks I mean, not people who know tech), mess up their iPhones and expect Apple to fix it. The people who want this stuff and are the loudest are the ones who are tech savvy. The average user is not Tech savvy. At all.
The “minority” have a whole another choice if that’s what they really want. Its called ANDROID 😉
This is becoming absolutely infuriating. My mum has an iPhone, which she considers easier to use than android, but it’s already quite complex for her - she uses WhatsApp, the browser, etc., but she’s usually confused by things like privacy pop-ups, editing the home screen… now I will have to once again help her in the near future because our politicians are too pretentious while having no clue about tech, and they can’t accept that a browser choice screen is an annoyance for a great majority of iPhone users.
Gosh I really want to be able to set navigation and music app defaults here in the US. That would be great.
My mom is most confused about things that are already part of the "iOS experience". She never ventures into settings or even installs apps, and would therefore not even think about changing default apps.
The browser choice screen is a one time thing when you set up a new phone and will never reappear.
People who know what to select at a choice screen have already changed their defaults.
Leave the rest of us in peace, especially because I will get all the questions from my family about what to select at those screens
already went through browser selection…
Leave the rest of us in peace, especially because I will get all the questions from my family about what to select at those screens
already went through browser selection…There will be no selection screen for apps other than the browser.People who know what to select at a choice screen have already changed their defaults.
Leave the rest of us in peace, especially because I will get all the questions from my family about what to select at those screens