'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties
'For too long, Apple has operated a walled garden around its products': The EU forces Apple to open its closed system to third parties
iOS connectivity is going to need to get cool with a lot of things very quickly.
Yay! Please stick with this, EU! I hope this spreads globally. 🥂
Most every major company tries to build a walled garden. Apple does so via apps and services, services like netflix do by making sure you can’t watch shows on any other service (arr!), or even something as simple as cordless tools that have proprietary batteries and chargers where it gets really expensive to have to buy different batteries.
Finally. We all about to see better prices and more features. If this ends in lower app store fees, its a massive win for every app company in the world!
I was so hyped when the EU pressured Apple into allowing external software on Apple devices.
Apple killed that hype making the change EU only, problem is I’m encapsulated in the walled garden with an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Air Tags, HomePods.
Thinking of getting a second phone Android based to partially-escape the garden but if I ditch my iPhone all hell will break loose network wise.
Huge win!
It’s a shame Epic lost this lawsuit in the US because “just switch to Android”