This type of comment is everywhere on the Internet and completely predictable.
This type of comment is everywhere on the Internet and completely predictable.
As an American I think regulation should only be enacted when absolutely necessary, and these laws seem anything but necessary. I’ve rarely seen convincing cases of innovation being stifled or people being harmed by Apple’s walled garden approach. It’s clearly not a market failure because (1) it is extremely profitable and (2) it is not a monopoly. As you can see in this thread, tons of people prefer differently, and those people can buy Androids. I also don’t like how this EU legislation mainly targets American companies.
Forcing Apple to allow other voice assistants will only strengthen Google and Amazons dominance in the voice assistant ecosystem.
Forcing messaging apps to allow cross compatibility only will give them more of my unencrypted messages.
I could go on, but I’m very curious what all of these “massive goods” that I’m not seeing are.
You don’t personally have to benefit from this legislation, you can stay in an “official” configuration until the day you die. For some of us, this opens the door to have a FOSS App Store, or custom apps without having to rebuild them once a week.
If Microsoft continued its monopolistic practices, it's very likely that the iPhone that you like so much now won't be existing today.
I don't even know what to say to this. Backwards thinking? Apple employee speaking? I seriously wonder why you would use this argument.