Nothing against AV on the client side to safe the client computer from its user stupidity. A decent network structure should be secure without depending of the safety of the attached clients, there are many ways to achieve this. Regarding AV, every access to network resources should be instantly scanned, scanned by AV appliances, specially in the days of BYOD. But you’re right, I see admin noobs doing the same errors over and over again, across multiple companies.
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EU to Accuse Apple of Unfairly Blocking Third-Party Access to NFC Payment Technology on iPhone
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So, you think not having a choice is a choice too? I never would have guessed somebody would use that as an argument.
They should and then block all access to iCloud and such for the EU countries. Maybe the EU will actually develop their own phone. I think the U.S. needs to start looking at all the UK and EU business and see what they can extract from them.
But Apple itself indicated in their one of their statement that forcing something is against innovation. I guess it is time for Apple taste their cake.
Regulating markets isn't government overreach.
At this point they're the only game in town, so your point would be...?
I can't wait to see shareholder reaction to Apple giving up a quarter of their global revenue. ?
Cook will be gone before the ink dries.
Depends on what is being regulated. In this case, clear overreach in my opinion. This isn't protecting anybody or anything. It's micromanaging. Consumers already have plenty of choices. To think they need to be able to have an unlimited number of choices is absurd.
Implementing competition and anti-trust laws? Nope try again, been well within the scope of government for a long time.
Found this out when I did a deep dive into a former Apple proposal:
Android you can improve security; iOS you are stuck with what Apple grants you.
End of the day, they are pretty well evenly matched if you take your time and set them up right.
How so? Even let’s say hypothetically side loaded app has malicious agenda to steal your information. It can’t access to your storaged bank information on iPhone because there is physical and software level protection mechanisms. Also, if you don’t want to use side loaded app don’t side load.
Of course there's always the option that someone else could write better software than Apple or anyone else. I wrote operating systems in the past for specific purposes, maybe I could write a better macOS than Apple or a better Windows than Microsoft, maybe not. But that's not the point, the EU is asking for a high level API access to NFC to work with payment systems (and others), no one is asking to write better software than Apple for exactly the same purpose or to bypass Apples implementation of hardware.
What I'm saying is it illegal for Apple to not allow access to parts of their device? Are they required to allow access to any part of their device? Can they build a device made up of many different technologies that they either paid for/made themselves/ or license (IP), and prevent anyone else developer, user, whatever from accessing it?
Yes, anyone with a lot of time on their hands can hack away at every single thing made on earth. That isn't the point here. The point is clearly, can Apple build something that works the way they intended it to, and it be legal? If the answer is no. Then what is the point of IP, or building anything new if you just have to give it away to everyone else that didn't take the time/energy to build it themselves?
That's their claim for what they're trying to do. I reject it. You don't have to agree with me.
I'm in the UK and I work for a fintech bank. We run exclusively using macOS and have thousands of machines deployed across our offices. It's rare for me to leave the house and to not see other people using/wearing an Apple Watch and I don't live in London. I'm a couple of hundred miles north of the capital so this just isn't accurate. Maybe that's your experience but Apple enjoys approaching a 50% market share in smartphone sales in the UK and that percentage is higher still in smart watch ownership.
Extract? No one is extracting anything from anyone. But hey, newsflash, anyone who wants to sell a products in the US is already complying with US regulations and required certifications, believe it or not. Same for Japan, Australia and basically all other countries in the world.
Did you know it's actually possible to profit from your work and IP without resorting to using it in an anti-competitive manner? Companies do it every day.
Yup and you don't have to agree with me or governments all around the world. ?♂️
As I said in my original response to you, the statement was directed at those arguing that third party software might be better than Apple’s and that’s why it should be allowed. That argument applies to the OS and API just as much as it does to browsers, or whatever. That’s why I tole you that you were arguing against something they and I weren’t even talking about.
You see to consider iPhone a necessity and that people will buy it irrespective of what it is on the phone. Even as it is, iOS is a minority in the EU. If they try to do such "creative" stuff, the people of the EU will reject the phones so fast, Apple will be embarrassed.
I'll admit the cultural shock lots of you get with the EU being pro consumer is kind of hilarious
Again, if it’s not an issue on Android where the numbers of side loading is so low, why do we have this coming at Apple right now?
There's nothing anti-competitive about building a competitive advantage for yourself. Anti-competitive behaviours are usually when you interfere with competition. Microsoft in the 90s is the obvious example. They entered into contract with PC vendors to prevent the PC vendors from pre-installing alternative web browsers. Google is doing a similar thing now with smartphone vendors, by entering into contracts with their own horizontal competitors to install Google Play services.
Apple isn't doing anything to prevent competition. They simply have invested billions to create an advantage for themselves.
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